Real-time reaction to the 9/11 attacks on MetaFilter, one of the web's earliest public blogs (www.metafilter.com)

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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 +] [!]

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[-] Xia@jlai.lu 8 points 1 year ago

That's something to read...

I still remember little me coming home after school in France; my brother was watching the TV and explaining what happened. I just responded with "ok" like it was nothing

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