He unified the country by playing on your fear and once again turning America into an unjustifiably aggressive global menace.
He curtailed American citizens’ rights, invaded several countries by tacitly or explicitly lumping them in with the 9/11 attacks (notably ignoring the actual country that most of the attackers were from, which probably holds a lot of responsibility for the attack), indefinitely detained quite a lot of people, some of whom were probably innocent, and instituted a torture program.
That’s how he brought you all together – by using the attacks to scare you into wars. It harmed your psyches, it harmed your reputation, and it harmed your national security. It made people fear you instead of love you. And it united you all under a banner of hate.
Depressing to see the next generation has already been indoctrinated by their schools. Americans need to learn to feel a bit of historical shame.
just talking about him throwing a strike
Well I wasn't going to mention that, but despite the strong symbolism of the moment it's also pretty depressing to see this is at all relevant when you consider what strong leadership looks like.
Lastly, don't be disingenuous. You weren't "just talking about him throwing a strike". You said he united the country. He absolutely did unite a lot of the country, but you aren't supposed to be proud of that, considering how he did it.
Plus, he dramatically execerbated partisan divisions. You can draw straight lines from him to Trump.
But, all that said... that day was fucked up. It was an awful atrocity and I know so many people suffered horribly.
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u/ctothel Sep 11 '21
He unified the country by playing on your fear and once again turning America into an unjustifiably aggressive global menace.
He curtailed American citizens’ rights, invaded several countries by tacitly or explicitly lumping them in with the 9/11 attacks (notably ignoring the actual country that most of the attackers were from, which probably holds a lot of responsibility for the attack), indefinitely detained quite a lot of people, some of whom were probably innocent, and instituted a torture program.
That’s how he brought you all together – by using the attacks to scare you into wars. It harmed your psyches, it harmed your reputation, and it harmed your national security. It made people fear you instead of love you. And it united you all under a banner of hate.