7. USA hero RT @JasonMi48564853 The coward Syrians can stay and fight for their own fucking country. If they die good, they can die in Syria
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8. A fair point from Mr. Douthat:https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/667162968568803329 …
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9. But maybe I can re-express point without reference to national difference in way Mr Douthat might like: modernity itself makes us fearful
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10. Modernity makes us more fearful because we're more comfortable, less surrounded by death and suffering.
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11. Our safety, security & prosperity make disruption harder to handle, just as painkillers makes pain, when no help at hand, more intense
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12. This heightened sensitivity might explain some mysteries: why fear of crime is so high even as actual crime rate plummets.
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13. The problem with culture of fear is it takes real treats but over-reacts to them hysterically & with no cost/benefit analysis.
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14. Because of way culture of fear dominates American discussions of crime & foreign policy, I've been wary of way people discuss PC.
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15. There's a whole genre of right-wing, centrist, liberal & leftists thought decrying PC as crybabies, whiners, etc.
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16. My problem with anti-PC arguments is not that they are wrong but they are radically incomplete. They see PC in isolation of society
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17. In typical anti-PC tracts (see @jonathanchait, passim) PC undergrads are seen as freaks, radical outliers out of touch with liberalism
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18. But if you look at how pervasive fear-mongering is in broader culture, PC students looking for safe space are hardly exceptional.
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