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kpete

(71,953 posts) Sun Sep 25, 2016, 10:47 PM Sep 2016

A SEASON OF TERROR AND DONALD TRUMP
President Obama urged Americans not to succumb to fear. We may not be up to it.
By Steve Coll

the rest:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/03/a-season-of-terror-and-donald-trump

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The New Yorker: A Season Of Terror & Donald Trump (Original Post) kpete Sep 2016 OP

We might not be up to it? Egnever Sep 2016 #3

(1,060 posts)

1. There is gun violence every few minutes in the US, people should be more worried about that.

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 12:12 AM

Sep 2016

This is basically framing the issue to favor Trump
and disregarding context. The media sure loves a good narrative...

(5,764 posts)

2. People tend to flock to authoritarians during times of national trauma.

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 12:39 AM

Sep 2016

A major attack before November 8, would be disasterous in more ways than one.

(21,506 posts)

3. We might not be up to it?

Mon Sep 26, 2016, 01:01 AM

Sep 2016

If I learned anything after 9-11 I learned we definitely aren't up to it. We as a nation lost our shit for at least 4 years, many to this very day.