…is Freedom, you might just be a Patriot
Why do we say “Never Forget”?
We remember the patriotism of 9/11, and the days after. We remember the heroism of so many. Think of all the firefighters who rushed into the Towers to help, even as people streamed down the same stairwells. The police and paramedics who rushed to the scene. The doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel who worked to save so many. The citizens who helped others. And all the first responders, along with the military folks, at the Pentagon. The average citizens on Flight 93, who said “Let’s Roll!” and took the plane down before it could completely its jihadi mission. The NY Times editorial board has a very nice piece on remembering.
One thing that we often forget is the actual horror of the day, the terror. We forget things like
But, do we truly, truly remember the horror?
Nothing encapsulates the terror of the day like people falling from the Towers. Live video showed people hanging on to the side of a skyscraper, so high up that no one could possibly save them. And it showed them falling. Some lost their grip. Some jumped. Think about that. How bad does it have to be that someone would jump from over 50 stories up?
The networks quickly stopped showing this on the day, and limited photos and videos in the days after. Some things are just too much to bear. And they certainly did not show things like this
You are seeing what you think you’re seeing.
Someone figured out that there are bodies and body parts in every red box. The rips in the canopy aren’t all from falling debris. Some are from people.
There’s also the long video The Falling Man. And 102 Minutes That Changed America. There’s a scene where you are viewing the courtyard at the WTC, listening to an elevator music version of Billy Joel’s She’s Always A Woman, and you hear thumps. Those are people.
There are even more horrible pictures from the day, those of the people who actually hit. That horror we can avoid. But, while we should always remember the heroism of the day, the coming together, we shouldn’t forget the horror, the despair, the terror. Because the people who did this have not gone away. They are still around. Radicalization is still around. And they’d do it again if given a chance.
Since 9/11 the US has done an exemplary job of protecting this nation from international terrorists.
We suspect that what Teach wants you to never forget is that “Muslims are terrorists”, which has been fruitful messaging for American right-wing politicos. Fear can be used to motivate voters.
We need to never forget that bad people both in and out of America despise this nation, in fact all of western democracy, as it exists now.
Those voices in your head again.
#MakeThemGoAwayMommy
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Now isn’t that convenient?
Double standards or what?
FJB
#TrustUs
#BelieveTheLie
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Could be separation of powers or something.
Nice try, Rimjob, but stupid.
Oh, well now…
But they can do it to others.
Sounds like fascism to anyone with a brain.
#ForYourOwnGood
#GoodForTheeButNotForMe
#FJB
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Bungholio brings the stupid!!
Ah but no rebuttal from Rimjob, dipshit that he is.
Typical though.
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Bungholio, Teach’s “lap”puppy, and dipshits both, imagines its non-sequitur required a rebuttal. LOL. It invokes the Speaker of the House for some reason, doubling down on the stupid.
Let’s ask Bungholio and his master, Teach, dipshits that they are, a question.
Can the President of the United States (executive branch) order the Legislative and Judicial branches to get vaccinated?
More simply, if it makes it easier for you, does the Executive branch control Congress and the Courts?
We fully understand the nuCon hivemind, that tRump was the Great Father who demanded and received your worship. But tRump was/is an American aberration, as are his radical terrorist followers. We have, at least in theory, three co-equal branches of government. Now, do you see how wrong you are? Now, do you understand America just a bit better?
Since 8p% of American Jews vote Dem some may feel offended when they are called facist especially after what was do e to them in the past by right-wing g conservatives including those in this country
Let us also not forget that 20 times more people died from covid a disease that many here including Teach himself continued credibility fake news
Under Biden we now know that under President Bush we had many warnings that this might/would happen
We now also know that people in the Saudi government were involved in 9/11
Teach is willing to overlook that because of his personal addiction to cheap oil
And Teach why didn’t you personally enlist in those wars you personalized so much???? Y