tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501419294567207665.post4733204602558146195..comments2024-01-01T18:40:30.350-05:00Comments on Ryan Cooper: The Iraq warRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03810858979281766801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501419294567207665.post-74199695274626611852010-05-27T10:40:49.983-04:002010-05-27T10:40:49.983-04:00Thanks :)
I don't think I would say fascist, ...Thanks :)<br /><br />I don't think I would say fascist, rather I would say authoritarian.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03810858979281766801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501419294567207665.post-56902621668192247772010-05-27T01:37:24.632-04:002010-05-27T01:37:24.632-04:00shit. i was teaching college during 9/11 (my first...shit. i was teaching college during 9/11 (my first year...) and getting my BA when war broke out in 2003. it's weird to be such a fucking old lady, but i think there's a real generational gap between those who were fully formed free thinking adults before 9/11 and those who were not. certainly i observed among my students them getting dumber, more passive, and more obedient and authority-respecting as time went by. at illinois they asked if they could go to the bathroom. i know here the "elders" like to get together and talk about all the apparent idiocy/incompetence of our higher-ups, which seems to offend many of the younger PCVs in my personal experience (of course non-PC South Africans seem to be free game...). obviously i don't see this as across the board. reed's looking better and better in this context! just imagining you in middle school and me fleeing the country to cambridge (not that england was so much better but at least they work at civilization there)! anyway, the whole thing really soured people on the whole democracy thing, as it started being naughty to be against authority and critical of the government, yada yada, which sure as hell was not inappropriate when clinton was prez. it was more like here, with two+ sides. i guess it'd be nice if there were more criticality toward obama but the whole thing is so transparently one sided. america has become so fascist! you know you used to just go up to airplanes even without a boarding pass or taking off your shoes or jacket. now it really has become a police state. well "this has been more 'back in nam' moments by guest old lady liz." :PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00732478506065354546noreply@blogger.com