The New York City mayor will sign two executive orders honoring those impacted by the attacks, as he faces campaign to exclude him from the 25th anniversary commemoration
Remember what it turned us into, what we became, unabashedly, afterwards.
Remember how it broke our collective minds and caused us to go into a violent frenzy that only made things immeasurably worse.
Remember that.
Remember to never let that happen again.
Remember that we are still in the midst of that collective frenzy, and while you personally may not be able to directly stymie the violence carried out by the powers that be…
Remember that you can hug your neighbor, not hate them, that you can see every other human being as fundamentally another human being, whom should be lent a helping hand, not a closed fist nor veiled threat.
Remember that you can do that right now; promote love, instead of hate, inspire curiosity, instead of fear, foster acceptance and community, instead of isolation and atomization.
That, that is the ultimate antidote, to why what happened that day, and afterward, happened.
I remember thinking we deserved it. I remember being tortured by unnecessary flag propaganda and watching friends dragged away to yet more middle east wars. Suddenly being told thst you’re unpatriotic because you disagree. I was terrified to vote at 18 because people who put up non-GOP stickers or signs got vandalized. What if someone finds out I vote wrong? There’s a lot of gun toting nuts and klan descendents in my state, and they’ve been in charge ever since. I have fewer rights because of 9/11.
Remember what it turned us into, what we became, unabashedly, afterwards.
Remember how it broke our collective minds and caused us to go into a violent frenzy that only made things immeasurably worse.
Remember that.
Remember to never let that happen again.
Remember that we are still in the midst of that collective frenzy, and while you personally may not be able to directly stymie the violence carried out by the powers that be…
Remember that you can hug your neighbor, not hate them, that you can see every other human being as fundamentally another human being, whom should be lent a helping hand, not a closed fist nor veiled threat.
Remember that you can do that right now; promote love, instead of hate, inspire curiosity, instead of fear, foster acceptance and community, instead of isolation and atomization.
That, that is the ultimate antidote, to why what happened that day, and afterward, happened.
Didnae turn us into anything - it just gave the worst parts of what this country already was an excuse to come out into the sun.
I remember thinking we deserved it. I remember being tortured by unnecessary flag propaganda and watching friends dragged away to yet more middle east wars. Suddenly being told thst you’re unpatriotic because you disagree. I was terrified to vote at 18 because people who put up non-GOP stickers or signs got vandalized. What if someone finds out I vote wrong? There’s a lot of gun toting nuts and klan descendents in my state, and they’ve been in charge ever since. I have fewer rights because of 9/11.
The problem is most people didn’t even notice that, let alone remember it later.