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I was born in Manhattan and grew up in the suburbs and went to schools that were at least 50% non-white. I also lived in Manhattan since I graduated college in 1995 until I got priced out in 2023. I’m not trying to invalidate your experience, I jjust tthink you see a lot of things with rose colored glasses, which isn’t bad, I just don’t agree that it’s how it was.

The media fell in line post 9/11 and stopped being critical of Bush. This was not a good thing, criticism of that administration, and there was a lot to be critical of, wasn’t accepted in the mainstream media. Just look at the Dixie Chicks and how they got blackballed for speaking the truth about Bush. You talk about how wonderful everything was in NYC post 9/11 , but I lived there, you just visited, there was a lot of fear, things were not good.

I’m really happy your friend was okay, and I have nothing against any of the first responders, they are all heroes, I’m talking about Republican politicians, they created a really bad atmosphere in the US post 9/11, I lived in New York and there was no coming together in any real way.

I feel like there’s at least a chance 9/11 wouldn’t have happened, Gore at least wouldn’t have ignored the warning like Dubya did, Bush was told we were going to be attacked by airplane and he did nothing to beef up airport security, not to mention his administration ignoring the Clinton administration’s warnings about Bin Laden because he was more concerned about Sadam Hussan and getting revenge for his daddy.

I’m white and Catholic, there was a lot of fear mongering and intimidation to fall in line after 9/11 in general, the Bush administration felt a lot like Trump in trying to hush up dissent and covering up their failures.

I was living in Manhattan on 9/11 and this is not the away I remember it at all. I remember a lot of fear mongering and an atmosphere of intimidation where you were made to feel like the enemy if you dared to speak up against Dubya and Cheney and their lies. It was not a good time.

It was well known before the election that Trump planned on damaging the economy, so I can’t feel bad for anyone who voted for him, it just really sucks for the rest of us.

Hope you have a great time! Aging myself here, he’s the first president that I ever got to vote for. He was always a great speaker.

The Republicans were already starting to do it with commercials during the campaign, they’re going to say oh we’re so sorry we have no choice but to cut Social Security/Medicare/ACA/etc, the Democrats bankrupted it by giving it all away to illegal aliens. It will be lies, but the right wing media will repeat it constantly and the morons that vote Republican will believe it.

Can’t speak for her but I don’t miss Dubya. He ignored all the warnings before 9/11 and then lied is into a war with Iraq.

Rock Hudson was a closeted gay man. And he was a long time friend of Ron and Nancy and when he called then begging for help so he could get treatment in France they refused to help him. Not sure what happened that I quoted the wrong person here, I tried to paste the correct quote but my phone won’t let me

I’m confused as to what this is supposed to mean? Separation of church and state is part of the Constitution. Religious organizations don’t pay taxes, this is why people have a problem when religious organizations try to get political. And I’m genuinely asking here, not trying to be snarky, I have no idea what terms like far left and leftist are supposed to represent?

I was also in a nativity play in the second grade as the Virgin Mary, but I went to a Catholic school. (My first grade class play was Christmas around the world and I was Comet the reindeer). I don’t see any reason why a religious school wouldn’t still have a nativity play but it has no place in a public school. “Happy Holidays “ is meant to be inclusive of all cultures because you don’t know what holiday a stranger celebrates. I always say happy holidays except on Christmas Day.

Even if it were part of their heritage, shouldn’t it be a part of their heritage that they’re ashamed of? Besides being a racist flag, it’s also a traitorous flag, you would think people who claim to be so patriotic should want nothing to do with a flag that is anti-USA.

Have you heard about the Onion buying Infowars with the help and support of Sandy Hook families? Some positive news when everything else is a disaster. https://abcnews.go.com/US/onion-buys-infowars-bankruptcy-auction/story?id=115858794