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Solly Mack

(92,896 posts)
Sun Aug 3, 2014, 06:53 PM Aug 2014

Were you swept up in "fear! fear! fear!" because of September 11, 2001? [View all]

I wasn't. Not a bit. Nor did I support Bush on that day or any day before or after. I didn't stand with the piece of shit as President. I didn't support a single action/reaction on his part relating to the "war on terror".

I was one of the people mocking all the "fear! fear! fear!" mongering carried out by the government.

I wasn't alone on DU either.




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For about 24 hours... eom Purveyor Aug 2014 #1
No thelordofhell Aug 2014 #2
I was all for going into Afghanistan to nab those responsible, and that's about it derby378 Aug 2014 #3
Interesting You Say That ProfessorGAC Aug 2014 #120
Was anyone responsible nabbed in Afghanistan? merrily Aug 2014 #151
Self delete. Wrong spot. merrily Aug 2014 #152
Nope, and I watched the second plane hit the tower on a live feed Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #4
I was for all of September 12, because I worked downtown in a major metropolitan area within Brickbat Aug 2014 #5
Fear of what the bush regime would do liberal N proud Aug 2014 #6
Yep. What Bush would do was the real worry. Solly Mack Aug 2014 #7
The only fear I had too. SammyWinstonJack Aug 2014 #18
Eggzaklee! Scuba Aug 2014 #22
Yep. I quickly went from short term shock to overwhelming dread of what they would do. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2014 #25
I knew it would 2naSalit Aug 2014 #29
Yep, it was a rational reaction for anyone paying attention. nt tridim Aug 2014 #66
Me too enigmatic Aug 2014 #86
Exactly. dog_lovin_dem Aug 2014 #90
This is the basis of my "yes" vote. Systematic Chaos Aug 2014 #91
+1 nt ohnoyoudidnt Aug 2014 #158
I was working for an airline at the time The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2014 #8
No, but then I am on the left coast NV Whino Aug 2014 #9
I don't know what you mean by "fear! fear! fear!" el_bryanto Aug 2014 #10
Seems like it's mocking people who had a massive bomb attack in the middle of their city BainsBane Aug 2014 #72
IT does feel that way to me a bit, as well. el_bryanto Aug 2014 #84
I didn't ask how anyone felt that day, however. Solly Mack Aug 2014 #98
If you mean me - I'm a she.... and if you do mean me, hardly. Solly Mack Aug 2014 #97
If I didn't know you better Solly, I might have taken it the wrong way too. bettyellen Aug 2014 #109
OK. Thanks, bettyellen! Solly Mack Aug 2014 #115
We watched them rebuild there from my office, and I do not know anyone who'd work at WTC... bettyellen Aug 2014 #117
I also think the country will be hit again eventually. Solly Mack Aug 2014 #123
Yep, we live with knowing it'll probably happen again here. I just shake my head when people bitch bettyellen Aug 2014 #127
I read your OP as you wrote it BainsBane Aug 2014 #131
You couldn't be more wrong if you tried....oh,wait. You did try. Solly Mack Aug 2014 #142
I lost two coworkers that day. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #145
I'm very sorry for your losses BainsBane Aug 2014 #146
Thanks, I agree with you about this OP. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #147
Of course they aren't BainsBane Aug 2014 #148
I was afraid. MohRokTah Aug 2014 #149
Yes, I agree with you GCP Aug 2014 #164
It doesn't sound like that to me. It sounds like the reaction of nearly half of NYers including sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #161
I think posts like this War Horse Aug 2014 #132
NO...I thought that it was Fear/Shock and Awe...from the beginning... KoKo Aug 2014 #11
+ 1 I'm with ya here. canoeist52 Aug 2014 #41
From the day it happened I feared that Bush would do exactly what he did lunatica Aug 2014 #12
i was, and shrub turned nearly all my fears into reality. unblock Aug 2014 #13
I looked at it this way... A HERETIC I AM Aug 2014 #14
No Liberal_Dog Aug 2014 #15
I still have my house Go Vols Aug 2014 #16
Looking for "Hell no." nt roody Aug 2014 #17
Hell, yes. pnwmom Aug 2014 #112
I should have added that I live roody Aug 2014 #114
I live at a distance but I had a child in college in the area, pnwmom Aug 2014 #121
what scared me the most perhaps, was the way ordinary people wanted war G_j Aug 2014 #19
Yes! jen63 Aug 2014 #49
They did not understand, could not comprehend Enthusiast Aug 2014 #138
For about 6 months. I live in Manhattan and was 21 yrs old. JaneyVee Aug 2014 #20
I can understand the fear with you...but, anecdote... KoKo Aug 2014 #30
No, BUT LWolf Aug 2014 #21
Hardly. A 'mere' 3000 people killed. Compared to what went on in Europe at the time... randome Aug 2014 #23
Looking back, I and another guy on my block were the only ones not freaking out ... BlueJazz Aug 2014 #24
'Swept up?' No. elleng Aug 2014 #26
I agree, elleng. phylny Aug 2014 #150
Yes, phylny, different for others. :-( elleng Aug 2014 #163
Sadly, I admit that I was Aerows Aug 2014 #27
As I recall they tried to pin the anthrax on Saddam as well. truebluegreen Aug 2014 #67
That sickened me Aerows Aug 2014 #80
I had just flown across the country the day before... countryjake Aug 2014 #28
Horrified, angry, saddened, confused about some things Nevernose Aug 2014 #31
I think it would have been perfectly rational to wonder what else was in store. BlueCheese Aug 2014 #32
I was incensed. George W. was given an opportunity few Presidents ever have, the chance. . . Journeyman Aug 2014 #33
I lived in NYC at the time, lost people in the buildings, watched the whole thing Squinch Aug 2014 #34
No, I was swept up in Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #35
You and me both. :) Solly Mack Aug 2014 #36
+1 leftstreet Aug 2014 #40
as was i shanti Aug 2014 #63
Me too Blue. The other word that describes my feelings at the time is livetohike Aug 2014 #128
Probably wasn't as scary on the tee vee Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #37
Nope. But I do remember that day w bush didn't show his face. What a leader! BillZBubb Aug 2014 #38
No. I knew Cheney and Bush were going to pull this kind of shit, Zorra Aug 2014 #39
I expected that sort of thing from the day W was appointed by the SCOTUS. Bluenorthwest Aug 2014 #42
NO rock Aug 2014 #43
Mostly I was afraid of what the government and public responses would be bhikkhu Aug 2014 #44
I didn't live in New York ... I had recently moved from the DC metro area etherealtruth Aug 2014 #45
I felt horrible grief. Total sadness. NCarolinawoman Aug 2014 #46
No, at the time I worked in one of the tallest buildings in the world in Chicago... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Aug 2014 #47
I was. My brother worked in Tower 2. SummerSnow Aug 2014 #48
... YvonneCa Aug 2014 #52
Thanks for the reality check. nt pnwmom Aug 2014 #110
I was working in Midtown Manhattan that day, so yes. closeupready Aug 2014 #50
No. And by early afternoon that day SheilaT Aug 2014 #51
Fear? No… I was frustrated and confused and angry in varying proportions... MrMickeysMom Aug 2014 #53
No, I was really pissed though. PeteSelman Aug 2014 #54
I was working in downtown DC that day. MiniMe Aug 2014 #55
No ..... sendero Aug 2014 #56
I was worried about my honey, who was escorting foreigners back from NY ChairmanAgnostic Aug 2014 #57
no, i put dying from a terror attack in the same category as being struck by lightening... dionysus Aug 2014 #58
not even for a minute... 2banon Aug 2014 #59
If everyone who claimed to be was actually a 10%-er, Bush's disapproval wouldn't have been 10% Hippo_Tron Aug 2014 #60
fear that a coup was taking place mwrguy Aug 2014 #61
I was horrified at the loss of life, but Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2014 #62
You didn't provide any middle options customerserviceguy Aug 2014 #64
Something that really made an impression on me that day truebluegreen Aug 2014 #65
No I wasn't.at around the age of 8 or so I realized the SF Bay Area was nuclear first strike zone. mulsh Aug 2014 #68
I just remember Bush fleeing across the country for hours after ProudToBeBlueInRhody Aug 2014 #69
Not getting caught up in the Ebola virus fear-mongering, either. GoCubsGo Aug 2014 #70
First thing I said was" that fuckin bush " First words without thinking. easychoice Aug 2014 #71
No, no, and hell no. Hell Hath No Fury Aug 2014 #73
For me it was shock at first. Control-Z Aug 2014 #74
No, more stunned and angry at the perpetrators of it steve2470 Aug 2014 #75
I was shocked, thinking about the loss of life on 9/11 BainsBane Aug 2014 #76
You're so noble. sibelian Aug 2014 #100
No, far better to mock those who feel fear when their lives are in danger BainsBane Aug 2014 #130
Obnoxious BeyondGeography Aug 2014 #157
No, but I did have one fear and I wasn't even very politically involved at the time, it was sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #77
I live in NYC and was searching for my friends who died in the towers. I was scared but I never hrmjustin Aug 2014 #78
FEAR...it lasted less than 2 months - I started researching... alittlelark Aug 2014 #79
Yes, but I have long since gotten over 9/11 bluestateguy Aug 2014 #81
Were you afraid when Israeli bombs hit Gaza? BainsBane Aug 2014 #82
I felt no fear, but others sure did and reacted absolutely LibDemAlways Aug 2014 #83
I sympathize with those that were in fear. But they should have known that fear rhett o rick Aug 2014 #85
I'm not sure what swept up means. defacto7 Aug 2014 #87
I was pretty fearful of what this country's response would be. stranger81 Aug 2014 #88
I wasn't fearful but I was deeply saddened and enraged RFKHumphreyObama Aug 2014 #89
I like your response BainsBane Aug 2014 #92
Well said Egnever Aug 2014 #95
Certainly not, Jeff Rosenzweig Aug 2014 #93
The weapon grade anthrax attack was a brillant Ichingcarpenter Aug 2014 #94
Like most of us, I sat with my mouth hanging wide open in front of the television all day. Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #96
Imagine that BainsBane Aug 2014 #135
186 to 11 as of this post... sibelian Aug 2014 #99
Their only real 9/11 fear was getting found out n/t whatchamacallit Aug 2014 #101
Nope. I was pissed off. Still am. riqster Aug 2014 #102
I had been paying attention, so no... ms liberty Aug 2014 #103
I knew instantly that the attacks would be used to support the Cheney agenda. Orsino Aug 2014 #104
I remember the hate and anger coming from people far from NY/ DC - and they scared me more than any bettyellen Aug 2014 #105
Then and now ...I only fear other drivers. L0oniX Aug 2014 #106
I was only 13/14 at the time sakabatou Aug 2014 #107
Damn right. Unlike many, I'll be honest. When it first happened, no one knew or could know pnwmom Aug 2014 #108
I was, for a couple weeks. I'm not ashamed to admit it. Arkana Aug 2014 #111
Thing is we are not and we're not as vulnerable as most of the world, but we are not impregnable TheKentuckian Aug 2014 #116
No, because the drumbeat of fear was just the excuse to impose the police state. alarimer Aug 2014 #113
Shocked for a few days hifiguy Aug 2014 #118
No, We Overreacted Badly As A Nation ProfessorGAC Aug 2014 #119
Nor was I for the 2004 election. RiffRandell Aug 2014 #122
No! No! No! KamaAina Aug 2014 #124
didn't even know the planes hit the trade centers onethatcares Aug 2014 #125
I was afraid until all the planes landed gwheezie Aug 2014 #126
i was horrified..... dawnie51 Aug 2014 #129
I got a lot of flack gaspee Aug 2014 #133
No fear at all. Just disgust Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #134
It was amazing how many people became "pod people" after that... villager Aug 2014 #136
I immediately suspected the Bush Administration had a hand in the attacks. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #137
No, it was more about wondering how it happened, rather than wondering who pulled it off. Major Hogwash Aug 2014 #139
I did not have time. I heard about it from a few people in my apartment building as I walked out to jwirr Aug 2014 #140
No. I'm a liberal by nature, so fairly cool minded and not easily fear driven, Hortensis Aug 2014 #141
I went to DC zipplewrath Aug 2014 #143
I was, all the way up to the point where it was clear the Antrax terrorism was domestic. eom MohRokTah Aug 2014 #144
For a while - I was in NYC LiberalElite Aug 2014 #153
The way people here went nuts made me uneasy. merrily Aug 2014 #154
Why are you asking this now? nt LiberalElite Aug 2014 #155
This message was self-deleted by its author lovemydog Aug 2014 #156
NO Skittles Aug 2014 #159
I was scared for a few days. clyrc Aug 2014 #160
I was JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #162
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