How did the FBI regain its credibility with white conservatives after the events of the 1990's? This confuses me greatly. During the 90's many right-wingers hated 'the feds,' and even had militia groups which explicitly opposed federal power.
Those all seemed to vanish during the 00's. The USA-PATRIOT Act sailed through Congress with almost no opposition in 2001, and militia groups were silent. The FBI and other agencies were given huge budget increases by Republican members of Congress, and right-wingers were fine with this.
Anyone who acts surprised at recent FBI misconduct is completely ignorant of modern history. And yet, many Boomers ARE surprised. Why? How did they forget the lessons of Waco/Ruby Ridge/etc.?
9/11, country was super patriotic after it for a good 5 years
Luis Gray
They got all of their news from cable television and probably just heard "religious extremists shot at fbi agents then committed mass suicide after a lengthy standoff."
Aaron Rodriguez
I've heard that explanation, but it doesn't actually make sense. '9/11' was an intelligence FAILURE by the FBI and other agencies, at best. This should have HURT their reputation, if anything. They also botched the anthrax attacks around the same time. Anyone who put MORE trust into the FBI after the events of 2001 is just fucking stupid.
You're correct. The goal was not to put trust in the feds. The goal was to redirect the energies from these "dangerous insurgents" outwards to foreign threats How many zogbots died in Afghanistan that could have been here, organizing a coup?
Brandon Thomas
>The USA-PATRIOT Act sailed through Congress with almost no opposition in 2001 George W Bush's approval rating when the USA-PATRIOT Act passed was 90%
Kayden Bell
9/11 & the war on terror as well as procedural crime shows made the FBI the heroes.
Actually kinda how it went based on what I read on it. Ted Bundy blowing up the IRS got people to sympathize with the boot on their face and that's when they shat out as much propaganda they could to demonize the religious fundies at Waco while quietly shuffling Ruby Ridge away. Hell if you ask what predicated 9/11 few people will say 'Clinton' and even fewer will mention Sandy Berger.
Asher James
N E O C O N S
Austin Nelson
you mean Timothy McVeigh (and his fed handlers)
Cameron Hughes
they told everyone the church they mailed full auto seers to was a cult and added some pedo accusations to top it off.
Nicholas Torres
Obongo, the half-jewish nigger, and many others from other parts of jewish mafia fully cooperated with this.
Carter Barnes
Whoops, you're right, sorry user.
Oliver Robinson
It's arguable that the x-files series humanized them somewhat.....I would have wrecked young Gillian Anderson. Might not turn her down now...
Jeremiah Thompson
They had kids and sent their kids to public school simple as dumb shits didn't think for a second the beast was monolithic
Robert Cruz
>I've heard that explanation, but it doesn't actually make sense Neither does people applauding the creation of DHS and the Patriot Act. But that happened.
Owen Miller
Gershon did 9/11
Christopher Bell
this kike is right, it was 9/11. everyone who was old enough to remember knows it was this. every bullshit domestic problem that we bickered about disappeared overnight and was forgotten about over the next years. We then started a 20 year war with the enemies of the country who did 9/11.
Aaron Butler
>The goal was not to put trust in the feds. The goal was to redirect the energies from these "dangerous insurgents" outwards to foreign threats this is a good way to frame it, they liked the FBI insofar as they dealt with muslims and terrorists
Adrian Rivera
because people just dont care
Thomas Hall
people forget unless you remind them. everyone desperately wants to believe we are governed well.
