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How the U.S. Decides Who's a Terrorist
from What Does Your Brother Do In The Navy · #82
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2 minDark joke about the arbitrary criteria for labeling someone a terrorist overseas, and frustration that people only start caring about foreign policy consequences once refugees show up in their own neighborhoods.
- 26:54Tim mocks the vague questionnaire used to determine if someone is a terrorist—asking a tribal leader what he thinks about the US and Jewish people, then declaring him a terrorist based on the answers.
- 27:23Tim expresses annoyance that people suddenly care about refugee kids but weren't politically engaged enough to hold Bush or Obama accountable for their foreign policies.
- 27:57He criticizes Americans who ignored decades of US military action abroad but get angry when Black kids from Sudan move into their neighborhood.
- 28:24The republic was supposed to be founded on resisting government overreach, not taking the easy way out—yet society defaults to passivity instead of cerebral resistance.