Tribute
What will you be doing today in honor of this day of infamy?
I will honor this day by not participating in what the news hopes to be a ratings bonanza.
I won’t watch programming with music chosen to put me back on that horrible day.
I won’t watch newscasters with their specially-chosen muted outfits and makeup.
I won’t watch clips of death and destruction chosen for air to try and shock me into watching through multiple commercial breaks.
I won’t listen to Republicans use the images and sentiments to try to gain support.
I won’t listen to Democrats use the images to help them sway voters to their side for the mid-term elections.
I won’t engage in any debates about whether or not we are safer today than we were then.
I won’t entertain any thoughts or debate on Ground Zero.
It isn’t that this day isn’t important, because it certainly is.
So why will I be avoiding all these things?
Because nothing about today seems pure, except what is in my own head. I lived through it, and I can remember enough of the details that I can internally participate in whatever way that my head seems fit. I don’t need anyone to tell me otherwise, because every piece of information being broadcasted at this point is pushed through a very thick filter.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but my own filter is good enough for me.
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