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In reply to the discussion: Were you swept up in "fear! fear! fear!" because of September 11, 2001? [View all]BainsBane
(53,154 posts)And least I hope not. We didn't know if more attacks were coming. It was entirely reasonable to fear there were more coming given the fact four separate planes were used as bombs that day. Even those of us who didn't live in NY or DC watched in on television and were shocked at the attacks. I will always remember where I was when I saw the planes hit the towers. The first seemed like an accident. When the second hit, we knew it had to have been deliberate. It was entirely normal and appropriate to feel fear in that situation.
It is possible to be afraid and to think critically about how the government responded. I like to think I did just that. I certainly could tell the whole story about Iraq was invented.
Of course, there were also some 9/11 truthers on DU back in those days, so it's possible some of the folks who voted no were among them. I don't remember who was in that camp, but I do know that and the other conspiracy theory stuff is what prompted me to stop reading the site in 2005.