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Originally Posted by DuffMan
But really it's the suburban hicks that voted for him because of jobs, and really, aside from the Republicans fearmongering of Muslims, how much do they know about global terrorism.
How exactly does terrorism effect them, in their everday lives?
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Post-materialists have completely misjudged the importance of national identity and citizenship.
The fear of radical Islamic terrorism is not a fear of a direct threat, but more a common-sensical understanding that acquiesence to that threat comprises a weakening of the American moral hegemony, and the importance of that hegemony to the flourishing of human life.
If you cannot understand the benefits of living as a rig pig Butte, Montana over living as a prince in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, then you won't understand that fear.