Their toilet paper funding for an hour costs more than a magic marker to write “Never Forget” across some butcher paper and placed over the entrance. Yeah, yeah, we forgot the next week and elected a muzzy the first chance we got.
Exactly.
BTW, I “publish” some of my favorite poems on a display stand outside my house. I leave each poem up for about 2 weeks. People walking by read them and they love them! I usually pick a theme (such as summer, water, or a particular month) and find poems online that relate to the theme.
I was doing months as my theme right now, so I had done August and I was searching for poems for September (in general) and then Sept 11, in particular, since this is the 20th anniversary.
Except for a handful of poems written right after the event, I could not find a single poem that was not an anti-American, “the US deserved it, down with capitalism” rant.
I don’t know if it’s the fault of the poets or the fault of the editors who accept this garbage (which in addition was not good poetry), but I think the cancellation of the Sept. 11 commemoration reflects this attitude and the fact that it has taken over.
Also, we had heroic actions by cops, firemen, EMS, and even priests and rabbis. So of course this memory had to go.