Anonymous wrote:I didn't forget about it, but I don't need to make the same annual post about where I was for 20+ years either.

I agree. I don't understand the purpose of these posts. Where random strangers were on 9/11? Like....no one is really that interested. I'd be interested in a relative's story, or a close friend - but even then, I don't really care. No one is really reading these responses.

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Anonymous wrote:I noticed the same thing. There are shows on tv today but not nearly as many as in past years. One of our ds has spirit week this week and today's dress out of uniform is to dress patriotic and they are doing a memorial service at school.

As we do every year we will watch and discuss with our kids. The events were impactful in my dh and I's lives and we want to make sure our kids don't forget what happened. As others have said, we are so sad at the state of our nation and miss the American spirit that was present in the days right after 9/11.

I mostly remember the hate directed towards Muslims and the useless wars that followed in the aftermath of 9/11.

+1
And not just muslims, anyone brown skinned. Arabs, sikhs, etc were all targeted by the "american spirit" in the days, weeks, months and years following 9/11.

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Anonymous wrote:It normally is a very emotional day for me. But I’m too exhausted (sick with covid actually) to think much about it this year. Guess we have a new national trauma.

What is the new national trauma? Covid??? Get real.

Covid + Trump.

I'm sorry, but Trump is not a national trauma. Roughly half of the nation voted for his reelection. It may be a personal trauma (although, grow up if you find an opposing party in power as a "trauma"), but don't think that it is shared by everyone else.

Eh, but even a lot of the higher-level GOP feel kind of trapped by him and his base and would probably prefer for their party to be more sane-appearing for PR purposes. It’s clear they can’t really shake the guy and that he’s pretty chaotic and even traumatic for many who have worked for and with him. The early days of covid, all that uncertainty and shutting down, that was a trauma for almost everyone, even the brave warriors who now plow through life fearless and vaccineless. We didn’t know what was going to happen and the world definitely changed because of it.

Yeah, it's different - as it should be.
Real live full-up adults exist now who have no meaningful memory of that day.
It's history, and should always be remembered in that context, but it doesn't need to be - shouldn't be - the focus every year.

My FB feed is full of the “never forget” posts from people who have never even been to DC or NYC.

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Anonymous wrote:It normally is a very emotional day for me. But I’m too exhausted (sick with covid actually) to think much about it this year. Guess we have a new national trauma.

What is the new national trauma? Covid??? Get real.

Yes. COVID. It changed us as people and as a world. Have you forgotten already?

No, I, like most of everyone else, have moved on. You Covidians go on telling everyone else the sky is falling while wearing your completely useless masks with your 6+ boosters. You’re still going to get covid and in all likelihood it will be a bad cold if that.

You can move on and still acknowledge the significant impact on the US.

Yes, but the PP would have you believe we are still living through the trauma like it was March 2020.

DP. By that logic we're also not still living through the trauma of 9/11, so why make a fuss?

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Anonymous wrote:It normally is a very emotional day for me. But I’m too exhausted (sick with covid actually) to think much about it this year. Guess we have a new national trauma.

What is the new national trauma? Covid??? Get real.

Yes. COVID. It changed us as people and as a world. Have you forgotten already?

No, I, like most of everyone else, have moved on. You Covidians go on telling everyone else the sky is falling while wearing your completely useless masks with your 6+ boosters. You’re still going to get covid and in all likelihood it will be a bad cold if that.

You can move on and still acknowledge the significant impact on the US.

Yes, but the PP would have you believe we are still living through the trauma like it was March 2020.

With time, historical events lose their deep emotional meaning. If they didn’t, we’d constantly live in mourning with all the stuff that happens.

I noticed this today, as well. I had to scroll way down on the NYT main page to see any mention of 9/11 or the ceremony in NYC. Each year it does seem to get more distant. My kids (teen and tween) really don't fully understand it and to them it sounds like something out of a movie.

My husband and I spent a long w/e in NYC this past summer and visited the 9/11 museum (we've been to the memorial multiple times just never the museum). At first I didn't want to because I felt like I had read and seen everything I needed to about 9/11 and could think a ton of other things to do in NYC other than the museum, but he really wanted to see it and I am so glad we did. We took a guided tour of the main museum area and learned how the museum was built right into bedrock and the footprints of the buildings. The bases for each of the steel beams that held up the towers are still there, embedded in concrete as they were set in the 1970s. It feels more like an archeology site than a museum and yes it is hallowed ground and every single visitor there treated as such. It was a moving experience--definitely go if you can.

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Anonymous wrote:I noticed the same thing. There are shows on tv today but not nearly as many as in past years. One of our ds has spirit week this week and today's dress out of uniform is to dress patriotic and they are doing a memorial service at school.

As we do every year we will watch and discuss with our kids. The events were impactful in my dh and I's lives and we want to make sure our kids don't forget what happened. As others have said, we are so sad at the state of our nation and miss the American spirit that was present in the days right after 9/11.

I mostly remember the hate directed towards Muslims and the useless wars that followed in the aftermath of 9/11.

Part of that was the Muslim community never spoke out immediately and forcefully condemning the actions that took place in 9/11. PR wise was a terrible decision. In addition, they should have volunteered or donated to 9-11 causes.

In addition some Muslim counties in actual school text books had 9/11 never happened. WTC was a hologram and names of people died were govt employees who were put in a sort of witness protection and issued new identities. There were tons of websites with this propaganda.

Wow. You’re making PP’s point.

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Anonymous wrote:It normally is a very emotional day for me. But I’m too exhausted (sick with covid actually) to think much about it this year. Guess we have a new national trauma.

What is the new national trauma? Covid??? Get real.

Yes. COVID. It changed us as people and as a world. Have you forgotten already?

No, I, like most of everyone else, have moved on. You Covidians go on telling everyone else the sky is falling while wearing your completely useless masks with your 6+ boosters. You’re still going to get covid and in all likelihood it will be a bad cold if that.

You can move on and still acknowledge the significant impact on the US.

I didn't forget about it, but I don't need to make the same annual post about where I was for 20+ years either.

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Anonymous wrote:I noticed the same thing. There are shows on tv today but not nearly as many as in past years. One of our ds has spirit week this week and today's dress out of uniform is to dress patriotic and they are doing a memorial service at school.

As we do every year we will watch and discuss with our kids. The events were impactful in my dh and I's lives and we want to make sure our kids don't forget what happened. As others have said, we are so sad at the state of our nation and miss the American spirit that was present in the days right after 9/11.

I mostly remember the hate directed towards Muslims and the useless wars that followed in the aftermath of 9/11.

Part of that was the Muslim community never spoke out immediately and forcefully condemning the actions that took place in 9/11. PR wise was a terrible decision. In addition, they should have volunteered or donated to 9-11 causes.

In addition some Muslim counties in actual school text books had 9/11 never happened. WTC was a hologram and names of people died were govt employees who were put in a sort of witness protection and issued new identities. There were tons of websites with this propaganda.

My TikTok feed is full of 9/11 stories, memorials, and interviews.

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Anonymous wrote:It normally is a very emotional day for me. But I’m too exhausted (sick with covid actually) to think much about it this year. Guess we have a new national trauma.

What is the new national trauma? Covid??? Get real.

9/11 was a national trauma like Pearl Harbor. I had friends die in the towers and at the Pentagon and went to many funerals the week after.