holy shit these are the same thousands of complete nothing stories every single time, posted as if they were some profound insights.
“I was in first period. Then, the teacher said our nation was under attack. Then I learned that planes hit the World Trade Center. Then I went home.”
Or, the West Coast version:
“I woke up and turned on the TV. The second plane had already hit. I watched the events unfold on the TV.”
jfc at this point I am convinced Americans are pathological narcissists
because it shouldn’t be traumatizing for most people besides the handful who had family or friends that died and it’s hilarious that so many other people with 0 relationship to the people who died were/are traumatized by it.
“Um ackshuuually, it’s bad to care about people you don’t have a personal, one-on-one relationship with.” Jesus, what a take.
Neocons 100% reduced 9/11 into a goofy good-versus-evil narrative to justify indefinite bloodshed, but I wouldn’t go as far as to demonize people solely for empathizing with the victims. There’s nothing jingoistic about feeling horror witnessing everyday people tumble to their deaths on live television.
as has been pointed out elsewhere, no one talks about where they were when Timothy McVeigh and the CIA blew up that building in OKC, and from someone who remembers both I can tell you I’m far more leery about the context behind that one
The OKC bombing was HUGE news when it happened. 168 dying in a major American city was a big deal back then because there wasn’t a mass shooting happening every other day. However, 9/11 was the largest attack on US soil, almost 3,000. It overshadowed OKC and now its status as an unspeakable tragedy has begun to wane too—such is the life of an American tragedy.
