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This is such a delusional takeaway. What I remember is the general public being swept into such a jingoistic fervor that you had to put an American flag on your house and your car so you weren't harassed or worse. It was open season on Muslims—and then by extension any other marginalized group.

Beyond the rampant islamaphobia, there was a noticeable uptick in hate crimes against homosexuals and anti black racism became a national pastime. I can't think of a time in my life when there was more disunity.

It's also so weird to imply that teenagers were signing up for the military en masse because of some kind of patriotic fever and not the fact that they were literally trying to bring back the draft and had army recruiters stationed in public school cafeterias nationwide. bsky.app/profile/slot...

all my friends and i were going to anti war protests because we were normal people with consciences not wannabe spook freaks lol