I mean Americans already do that (and they're by no means unique in that regard)! There are countless examples of disasters, crises, and mass killings that for a lot of people - even when they occur in the same country - never have more impact than a spot on the nightly news.
I mean Americans already do that (and they're by no means unique in that regard)! There are countless examples of disasters, crises, and mass killings that for a lot of people - even when they occur in the same country - never have more impact than a spot on the nightly news.
Yea but I'm old enough that "We don't give the weight to disasters in non-English speaking countries that we do in English speaking ones" was how we used to posture morally before 9/11.
The unspoken assumption was we'd care if What Couldn't Happen Here did, but obviously the 21st century democrats, party and voters, have put that notion completely to bed.
Old man reconciles what he was taught with what he's learned, I suppose was the headline on that comment.
I mean Americans already do that (and they're by no means unique in that regard)! There are countless examples of disasters, crises, and mass killings that for a lot of people - even when they occur in the same country - never have more impact than a spot on the nightly news.
Yea but I'm old enough that "We don't give the weight to disasters in non-English speaking countries that we do in English speaking ones" was how we used to posture morally before 9/11.
The unspoken assumption was we'd care if What Couldn't Happen Here did, but obviously the 21st century democrats, party and voters, have put that notion completely to bed.
Old man reconciles what he was taught with what he's learned, I suppose was the headline on that comment.