Originally Posted by
dieuwer2
Why are these fake scares happening like clockwork in the US? When was the last time you heard of a scare in Asia of Europe?
Because we have become a nation riddled with stupid, arrogant, paranoid cowards.
Their stupidity leads them to believe that ALL mass shooters and ALL political terrorists are all part of the same homogenous group. They can't understand the difference between a lone gunman, a foreign terror group, or a domestic group of violent malcontents. All Bad Guys are thought to be members of a secret, worldwide terrorist organization with a highly organized command structure and dental benefits, like Kaos, THRUSH, SPECTRE, Venom, Cobra, or the Decepticons.
Their arrogance leads them to believe that the United States is the ONE, the ONLY, the BIGGEST target of world-wide terrorism, and that no other country on earth has any clue about what it's like to be under constant threat of attack from the enemies which surround us on all sides. London? Madrid? Tokyo? Mumbai? Moscow? Tel Aviv? Baghdad? HA! Those are all minor villages with bad neighborhoods; none of them know anything about what it's like to be attacked by terrorists the way We were. 9/11 Changed Everything! Why can't the other 5.7 billion people in the world SEE that?!
Their paranoia leads them to believe that The Bad Guys (tm) have Cells in every city, town, village, and truck stop in America, all poised to strike at any moment. They'll kidnap your children, blow up your Starbucks, piss on your Bible, shoot your Sunday School teacher, and eat your dog. They're hiding behind every corner, up every tree, under every bush, behind the wheel of every cab, behind every 7-11 counter, and waiting tables at every furrin restaurant in the country.
And their cowardice leads them into complete, blind panic mode at every loud BANG sound they hear, leading to stampedes like the one at LAX after a car crash, leading to TSA terminal dumps whenever someone leaves the c/p without having a hernia exam, and leading to wild mob mentality calls for abolishing some of the most sacred rights and freedoms upon which our country was founded.
Asians and Europeans, by contrast, generally don't do these things, even though they are statistically far more likely to be victims of genuine terrorism than Stan who works at the 31 Flavors in Boise or Ed who works at the Groove Lube in Flagstaff or Mary who works at the Chicken Ranch outside of Vegas.
The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave has become the Land of the Surveiled and the Home of the Cowardly.