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"Homeland security," like DHS itself, was very obviously about xenophobia, bellicosity, paranoia, and cowardly scapegoating from day one. Literally no one was "reassured" by it. (I was in high school at the time. We were walking out of class and such to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan).

NPR@npr.org

DHS was originally conceived in the interest of unity and harmony — and the phrase "homeland security" was originally meant to be reassuring. n.pr/4nOx8KP

n.pr'Homeland Security' has spawned political insecurity since DHS was bornDHS was originally conceived in the interest of unity and harmony — and the phrase "homeland security" was originally meant to be reassuring.

Drew M.M.

@drewmm.com

24 May

Like, they made a color-coded alert system that famously instructed everyone to be afraid at all times. (The lowest level ever actually used was "ELEVATED"). Even if you think the intentions there were good (which they weren't) nobody was being "reassured."

en.wikipedia.orgHomeland Security Advisory System - Wikipedia

Drew M.M.

@drewmm.com

If you want to foster "unity and harmony," you obviously start by telling people that there is AT LEAST a "significant risk of terrorist attacks" every second of every day.

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