Many, many, many thanks to Will Pfeifer, who linked to the following video of Jon Stewart in the raw days just after the attack... as he speaks directly from his heart. Thanks to Will and Jon, I remember, really remember, what it was like just after 9/11 happened. When we all pulled together.
You know, all this talk about "These guys are criminal masterminds. They got together and their extraordinary guile and their wit and their skill..." It's a lie.
Any fool can blow something up. Any fool can destroy.
But to see these guys, these firefighters and these policemen and people from all over the country, literally with buckets, rebuilding... that's extraordinary. And that's why we've already won... they can't... it's light. It's democracy. We've already won. They can't shut that down.
They live in chaos. And chaos, it can't sustain itself. It never could. It's too easy and it's too unsatisfying.
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