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Real-time reaction to the 9/11 attacks on MetaFilter, one of the web's earliest public blogs (www.metafilter.com)

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This is going to be a big turning point in the history and character of this country, I think. posted by Doug at 8:51 AM on September 11, 2001 [207 favorites +] [!]

my greatest fear is how our government is going to respond. more erosion of freedom in the name of security. mark my words. posted by rebeccablood at 12:10 PM on September 11, 2001 [311 favorites +] [!]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Palestinians dancing in the street, celebrating. Regardless of your world view, cheering this is barbaric.

Followed by (CW: Racist call to violence):

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I'd like to see us wipe them off the face of the earth.

Is so ironic, but was a very widespread sentiment at the time. I have family who are Muslim, and the reaction of people in the US was more frightening than the event itself. Also with family from Mexico, and that's also when anti-immigrant/pro-border hysteria escalated to hysterical levels, which have never simmered down.

The biggest tragedy is the way we responded to the attacks. In a way, we pissed on the graves of everyone who died by letting the terrorists win. It worked because we let it.