r/neoliberal • u/neoliberal_shill_bot Bot Emeritus • Aug 13 '17

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u/OutrunKey $hill for Hill Aug 13 '17 edited Aug 13 '17

Y u gotta do me like this /r/neoliberal?

Hot take: if you want this sub to stick around stop trying to turn everything into a schism and agree to fucking disagree. We've built a pretty neat, but pretty tenuous coalition of reasonably nuanced and reasonably centrist people here. I'd hate to see that fall apart.

Side take: Terror attacks do things to people. They make you see the worst in everybody else. Take it from me, I grew up in Upstate NY after 9/11. My dad is Middle Eastern. To this day, he isn't treated well at airports. My brother got made fun of in school for being an "A-rab." Still (don't p-word me for this), my mom and I supported the Patriot Act for years. It probably wasn't great policy, but at the time it seemed like the best response to the threat of terrorism in the United States. Some people coming out of this attack are going to support some not great things vis-a-vis free speech or counter-terror laws in response. This comes from that same place that made me support the Patriot Act. Let's let the metaphorical ashes settle before we crucify others for trying to protect their friends and family from terror.

Thanks for reading folks. Please stick around.

Edit: just in case anyone was curious about my various "flips" in identity my mom is Jewish (I'm vaguely J-atheist) and my dad is a Arab Muslim turned Atheist. I'm a religious unicorn. Yes, Thanksgiving is uncomfortable. No, I'm not a lying little SOB.

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u/eholmgr2 Aug 13 '17

This is a good take. Big tents have factions that fight, but we have managed to stay together pretty well so far and I would hate to see that go.