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What's some really unpopular opinion you have? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Most of the time when people say they have an unpopular opinion, it turns out it's actually pretty popular.

Do you have some that's really unpopular and most likely will get you downvoted?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Almost all of those massively bipartisan bills like that involve classified information that builds support as meetings are held behind closed doors. As times has gone on, more and more information related to 9/11 has been declassified and talked about and the truth of the matter is there are a lot more real threats that are caught then we know about.

I used to be fully on the side of these things being 100% wrong, but I've weakened that stance a bit in the twenty years since 9/11. I think we have to be more realistic about it. Look at how much people criticized the Bush Administration for not stopping it?