2. The current freakout over refugees (keep them out, round them up, etc.) should remind us of outsized role fear has in USA culture.
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3. I mean just compare the France, where the terrorist attack occurred to the USA, which is having a nervous breakdown.
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4. After 9/11, there were various books on the culture of fear (Corey Robin, Faludi, etc.)
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5. One study cited cross-national statistics to argue USA was more fearful culture than comparable countries like Britain & France.
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6. Argument was it's precisely the relative prosperity &safety of USA (largely untouched by war on its own soil) that made it fearful
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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 Syria5 replies 13 retweets 11 likes -
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Jeet Heer Retweeted Ross Douthat
8. A fair point from Mr. Douthat:https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/667162968568803329 …
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@retroredo_james That has the singular virtue of being totally unhinged from any historical reality.
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@retroredo_james Okay, that makes more sense. Agree.
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