it's 9-11 let's all revisit the concept of civic religion https://twitter.com/NoraReed/status/1117297885647757313

the cognitive dissonance of having never forget shit while the country is in the middle of a pandemic, horrific wildfires, and hurricane recovery is going to be kind of intense for a lot of people

having the framework for why it's treated as a day of mourning without actually making any effort to do anything with the memory of it except start wars and be racist helps square why you feel that way

i think that since i talked about this we're seeing a bit more questioning of this, though not really from politicians https://twitter.com/NoraReed/status/1146812497279668224?s=19

it's much easier to handle the current political moment when you free yourself from the idea that patriotism is a virtue and that you're supposed to have reverence for the concept of america without ever having more than a handwaving explanation for why

and i think it's going to be rough watching the hypocrisy of "never again" after new york was literally put through another similar scale disaster without protective equipment or protection for workers