HobbitFoot comments on TIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US History

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A lot of people forget the shear bloodlust in the USA after 9/11 that lasted for years.

When people compare the Vietnam and Iraq Wars, a lot of people forget there was a large chunk of the country who were rabidly pro Iraq War while there wasn't an equivalent base for the Vietnam War.

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[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

It felt like everyone was like you were either 1000% on board or you were casually on board cause you weren’t “into politics” but trying to find likeminded people who opposed it felt impossible to me. I was 16 when 9/11 happened and shortly after was when I stoped standing for the anthem or saluting the flag in the morning and I was the only kid in my highschool of 1,800 kids to do that and wow I got SO MUCH hate for it

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[–] mad_lentil@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

The spike in nationalism was intense, and hasn't really dropped back down to a reasonable baseline since.

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[–] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago*

This is online discourse in general with Americans. Nuance is impossible, it's all "you're either with us or against us", for example when discussing China. Doesn't even have to be something political, just any charged argument at a point in time.

Must be a coincidence that Lemmy was much more relaxed and welcoming when there were fewer Americans here in the beginning, you could even read news about European countries, now all we get is American politics spam.

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