I have just watched a number of videos that are recordings of the first responders from 9/11 activities including the radio and phone recordings and the scenes of the outcomes from the attacks on this country at that time.
We came together as a country to do our best to secure our borders against violent attacks like these, but we also did our best to maintain as much of a normalcy as we could so we did not have our liberties and freedoms interfered with. There was compromise, but there were also some extremes hit with regards to measures taken for safeties sake.
Many of the most extreme precautions were rolled back to more measured lengths, but we were all changed. We were more aware of what was going on around us, but many of us also took that to extremes. We spat on norms of decency that had existed days weeks and years earlier, we suspected those that didn’t look like us to be extremists. What we failed to realize is that it made US extremists!
I am and always have been taught to be aware of your surroundings at all times. It has served me well throughout my life. I do however know that that doesn’t mean everyone that may NOT look like you or behave like you is evil. People are different in this country and that is what makes it “the great American melting pot”. I’ll be honest I was a lot more suspicious of people after the Oklahoma City bombing of the federal building than I was of anyone of color after 9/11. Those extreme “white guys” took down a federal building with a bunch of fertilizer in a vehicle. We need to not be so knee-jerk reactionary when things like this take place, rather we need to be more accurately aware of our surroundings and the information that is passed on to us about the act.
That said, the above ties into my biggest concern of the current attack taking place on our democracy right now. We have a long time adversary, lead by a person that in a criminal manner took over the sovereignty of a whole nation, using his reach to impact our US elections, again. The signs are ALL around and they are in plain sight both in the things Mr. Trump tweets and in the actual discovery, prosecution and indictments against know Russian actors. We ALL need to be more aware of the “white guys” taking down a federal government with digital fertilizer from digital vehicles. They are doing it every day.
We cannot just allow our Federal buildings in the form of the federal government to be blown up by these foreign adversaries. Be more critical of what you read about OUR government doing bad things and think very long and hard about believing a person that lives in the white house not named Melania. His track record PUBLICALLY is abysmal!
So, on this of all days, please take the time to be aware of your surroundings in a responsible sort of way and make sure there are no “white guys” trying to take you out with their shit, digitally or otherwise!