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[–] takeda@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

dhs

Well that makes more sense than the Obama admin coming up with it

Bout to say, I could have sworn I was hearing that well before Obama was president. That's a Bush admin slogan, isn't it?

[–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think they had that phrase on WWII propaganda posters as well. More to do with potential espionage of enemy countries, though.

Edit: totally wrong, it was coined on Sept 12, 2001 by New York advertising executive Allen Kay.

[–] FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Oh ok so I had the source wrong, that's quite an effective ad exec.

It definitely was a major background color to the early 2000s atmosphere.