i remember when people who listened to air america & read the daily kos said shit like "war is terror" 8 years of president tansuit dronebomb got these people comfortable with interminable war. it's truly insidious.

We tortured some folks was a massive hinge point and a full descent in to unapologetic evil.

The weirdest part is that it was just... Instantaneous? I was in college when Obama won, I was lobbying state lawmakers for gay marriage, and knew so many people, young and old, who had spent years talking about dismantling the police state, defunding the military, pushing for a millennial new deal