I’ve taught college classes on terrorism for a decade now, and each year students have less personal memory of September 11th. It’s becoming history, like Pearl Harbor.
#NeverForget isn’t just a slogan. Collective memory—not just what, but how and why—takes effort.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
One of the best things about America is that we forget.
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I really like this response, and think it coexists with remembering. In other words, collective memory involves choices of what to remember and what to forget. Each can have value.
10:38 AM - 11 Sep 2018
from Urbana, IL
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