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Kathy's avatar

It saddens me that 9/11 woke people up about the rest of the world not wanting USA interference, and then soon after they bought into WMD lies. Admittedly, I wanted to trust our government at that time, the media propaganda for a united front was overwhelming. Since then, I think dissent is more important to a free America than unity. I grew up during the Vietnam War Era when we all eventually questioned the establishment even without the "Information Superhighway", so I eventually questioned everything about 9/11 and Iraq War and Afghanistan War. Unlike the Vietnam War when network news and Walter Cronkite worked on our behalf as WATCHDOG FOR THE PEOPLE, today's corporate MSM is simply a mega-mouthpiece for the Deep State swamp. So, I watched independent media as diverse as Michael Moore and Alex Jones, international news including Russia Today and Al Jazeera and learned about Neocons/PNAC from these "alternate news" sources. I rooted for whistleblowers such as Karen Kwiatkowski and Chelsea Manning. Of course, I followed peace activists especially Cindy Sheehan, David Swanson and Code Pink, and supported peace candidates like Dennis Kucinich, Cynthia McKinney and Mike Gravel. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ― Margaret Mead

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Ned B.'s avatar

Amazing to read this, Cindy, and remember my own dream from the morning of 9/11/01: I dreamt that there was a huge disaster, like an earthquake, and there were many people trapped and screaming under concrete rubble. It was so vivid that I had to tell my family about it. I went to the room where they were and the TV news was tuned to New York and the World Trade Center.

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