NYTimes contrasts "cultural" issues like LGBT rights to national security. In fact, natsec is 99.9% a cultural issue. http://nyti.ms/1HouODb
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"Fake threats–with real corpses!" could be the slogan of our national security debates, a "cultural issue" governed by macho hysteria.
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@ChMadar kind of disagree re abortion. It was largely manufactured to be a major issie by the right wing in late 70s, early 80s. -
@pete4peace I hearya. But the consequences of unwanted pregnancy are real in any household, whereas most natsec threats to US are fantasy. -
@ChMadar pervasive mass surveillance is not that abstract, far removed... -
@pete4peace Very much agreed! But the threats that are wheeled out to justify mass surveillance are irrational, chimerical, not 100% real…
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@ChMadar that's only bc debate is demented, not bc it doesn't affect budget or ppl killing and dying. -
@samhusseini That is true. How best to formulate? "Imaginary threats with real deaths" maybe. -
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@ChMadar 4 1, framing of victories is dubious - Obamacare ties ppl to spouses (queue push for SSM) and employer - not universal solutions. -
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@ChMadar Nat Sec "debates" (and Econ too) are so stilted largely bc two establishment parties agree on faulty assumptions -
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