I am not talented enough to write down all my feelings on this event. But I wanted to remind people of the aftermath. That is what I remember and that is what hurts me the most. Those first few days we showed our potential as a nation. We came together and everything was going to be different. Politics were over. There were no Democrats and no Republicans on September 11th. We were Americans, a single solidified people. We were determined that even though this monstrous attack had occured, we would not, could not allow it to succeed. But isn’t that exactly what we’ve done?
Fear has changed this country. We are no longer the slumbering giant. Have we not become Don Quixote chasing after our own windmill giants, replacing chivalry with imperialism? We have lost touch with that moment when we were united as one.
Hopefully the video below will remind someone of that time like it reminded me. It is from the first episode of The Daily Show following the attacks. The sincerity Jon Stewart reveals is the sincerity we all had at that time. What happened to it?
Be sure to watch through the end
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