Normally agree with Paul Krugman but not here. He's flat-out wrong. [View all]

[Drunken Irishman]

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There was nothing calm about America's response to 9/11. It was an era of false patriotism, attacks on Muslims, profiling, the expansion of civil rights eroding legislation and the outright demonization of anyone who dared criticize Bush.

I still will never forget what the likes of Rick Wilson did to Max Cleland because he had the audacity to oppose parts of the Patriot Act.

America post-9/11 laid the groundwork for the Trump presidency, as it's conditioned us to accept authoritative rule.

Yes, great, Americans were great for the first week after 9/11 and we all loved each other and united. But the next week? The next year? The next decade?

9/11 and the jingoism that it laid bare has done more to divide this nation than any event since the Civil War.