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In reply to the discussion: Were you swept up in "fear! fear! fear!" because of September 11, 2001? [View all]alarimer
(16,245 posts)Now, it's considered "normal" for anyone to search your bags when you go to the ballpark, for example. This, despite that fact that there is no discernible reason for doing it routinely.
It's "normal" to take your shoes off at the airport and go through naked scanners for no reason, other than to make us think they are doing "something."
It's "normal" at some stadiums to sing "God Bless America" during the 7th stretch, at least on some days. That piece of sanctimonious drivel.
The constant glorification of the military has become "normal", though it is incredibly fascist.
The constant exhortations to "never forget" (as if we could because they never stop talking about it).
I was one of the small percentage of people that never fell in lockstep. To me, it was a criminal act and required that type of response. Instead, it was repackaged and sold as an "act of war." Against what state we were supposed to be "at war" I'll
never know.
I lay this all at Bush's feet. It was exactly the opening they were looking for to turn us into a bunch of passive people who will buy whatever "threat" they are selling us on TV.