Real-time reaction to the 9/11 attacks on MetaFilter, one of the web's earliest public blogs - eviltoast

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4850144

Two comments in particular stand out:

This is going to be a big turning point in the history and character of this country, I think. posted by Doug at 8:51 AM on September 11, 2001 [207 favorites +] [!]

my greatest fear is how our government is going to respond. more erosion of freedom in the name of security. mark my words. posted by rebeccablood at 12:10 PM on September 11, 2001 [311 favorites +] [!]

  • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I thought only one thing after it was apparent that we were under attack, “we’re going to war”. I was a reservist at the time and was pretty sure that meant I was going to war.