re: #290 suchislife

I believe that bias is often unconscious. And outrage must always be tempered with cool reason, a sense of proportion, a dedication to not blame scape goats. And frankly, the whole “don’t let the magic terrorist super villains ever step on American ground” thing showed that there is a lot of fear mixed in with the outrage. Also the constant harpening on the necessity of sacrificing liberties for security. That’s fear talking.

Our outrage was tempered with cool reason, a sense of proportion, and a dedication to not blame scapegoats. I note that we retaliated against al-Qaeda and their allies in Afghanistan and elsewhere, and we didn’t vaporize the place or slaughter civilians indiscriminately.

“fear mixed with outrage”? Yes, I’d say that was a perfectly reasonable reaction to what had just happened.

“Constant harping on the necessity of sacrificing liberties for security” - which of your rights were lost?