>>As a baseline, even 2005, post-9/11 didn’t feel like this.
In the immediate wake of 9-11-2001 there was a coming together, people entering churches that night nationwide to gather (with a more formal memorial arranged with more preparation).
For a week comedians didn’t know what to do with themselves. Was it Dan Rather or someone else on David Letterman who a week later asked if we could just laugh again?
Took about 2 weeks for the public to return to their post-modern jaded personalities. And within a month they were vocally attacking Americans for the attack (payback, little eichmanns, faked attacks with empty planes and passengers “somewhere else”, inside job, etc..)
By February of 2002 Senator Hillary Clinton was on the floor of the Senate insisting that Bush Knew and did nothing.
[By February of 2002 Senator Hillary Clinton was on the floor of the Senate insisting that Bush Knew and did nothing.]
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