Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 7 months agoRemember: 9 months until we build a statue of this guy.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down16
arrow-up1196arrow-down1imageRemember: 9 months until we build a statue of this guy.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squarenegativenull@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·7 months agoI remember it well. 9/11 did change lots of things (not for the better either), but it did galvanize the nation. Now my son has to have active-shooter drills in school and we have to act like it’s normal. I guess that is new/changed.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoIt galvanized the nation for about 4 days, until GWB and other prominent politicians set the populace upon itself, and the divide widened.
I remember it well. 9/11 did change lots of things (not for the better either), but it did galvanize the nation. Now my son has to have active-shooter drills in school and we have to act like it’s normal. I guess that is new/changed.
It galvanized the nation for about 4 days, until GWB and other prominent politicians set the populace upon itself, and the divide widened.