happy 9/11 everyone! heres an archive of the social media site something awful discussing 9/11 in real time as it happened. (hexbear.net)

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http://www.truegamer.net/SA_911/911%20SATHREAD/

its a very good read, theres a lot of predictions made that ended up happening so it got a real eeriness factor to it. also it contains the first 9/11 meme.

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[-] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 59 points 1 year ago

Not to belittle the signifigance of these events, but you do realize that this means a whole slew of "anti terrorist" and probably "anti violence" laws will be passed through congress.

Any "anti terrorist" laws will be given almost a blank check to do what is necessary. I'd be surprised if in 6 months you'll be able to make a domestic call without it being monitored.

That's the way terrorism works. It's not the attack that hurts most people. A couple of hundred people die -- every death is tragic, but the truth is the real tragedy will be the loss of freedoms for the survivors.

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

They were pretty close, but the real tragedy was that all of this was allowed to happen so a million more could be killed, some American fossil fuel companies could capture a new part of the world, and America could maintain imperialist dominance over a region that is halfway across the globe.