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War on Terror w/ Spencer Ackerman Part 1

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Nine 11 - The End of Irony

Santag was vilified. There was intense vilification of any descent, which is so notable because there was so little high profile descent at the time. Nine 11 was seen as good for american masculinity. It was proclaimed that it was the end of irony. These are now people in their 30s and thirties who suffered through an extensive surveillance apparatus. This is the real wages of what the post nine 11 moment was when you know, you are hearing on ope pages and endlessly on cable news that we stand no like the fbi.

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