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		pjc50 on Feb 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Connecticut parents arrested for letting kids walk... The Iraq war was overwhelmingly popular with the US electorate when it started. It had far more approval than almost any other policy at the time.

yterdy on Feb 2, 2023 [–]

The US was overwhelmingly propagandized toward, but all you had to do to find resistance was to open the funny pages:

https://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2003/01/15 https://www.gocomics.com/boondocks/2003/01/09

(I HIGHLY suggest reading at least a few weeks forward, starting from the second link.)

I'm sure Doonesbury got in on it, too. Eventually. After the Napster arc.

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