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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I went back and read a lot of those posts, Not Bob. What struck me was the caring that flowed from the people on this board. The grief and shock surely flows through each of the posts, but what really comes through, for me, is how much people cared about each other at that point. I think the coverage we're subjected to every year (including the posting of photos of the towers all over facebook and the like) is so focused on striking the right tone, not offending, holding cops and firemen above everyone, reading names, that this basic feeling--how we're all really the same and connected, and need to take care of each other--is completely lost.
Thanks for the link. It hurt to read through the posts from that day, but, in a strange way, it also felt a little comforting.
TM
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This is my favorite thing that you have ever posted (excluding photos and gifs, anyway). It was beautifully said and it reminds me of the most moving parts of that chain of posts -- the genuine concern and fear and care that this group of people, then much larger and not as well known to each other, demonstrated. And the group was only a microcosm of what we saw more broadly, nationally and beyond.
And we lost it. As some fuckers tried to capitalize on it and make it the reason for doing things they always wanted or for self-aggrandizement or anything else, we lost it. A lot of it.
