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I suppose simplicity is in the eye of the beholder. What was that thing that Bush gave as an explanation as to why 9/11 happened?

FWIW, people do like simple and nuance can be difficult to comprehend. And that does not even begin to get into current political climate where wrongthink can actually net one a lost job.

It used to be communists. Then terrorists. Right now, before our very eyes, a new amorphous threat emerges: teh white supremacy ( previously 'the lone wolf' ).

It truly is tiring.



Where's the nuance in collective punishment of a population that's mostly under 15?

Where's the nuance in genocide?

Would you have said that Germany in the 30s was a nuanced situation?




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