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In reply to the discussion: It is November 22. [View all]SpankMe
(3,368 posts)Not to minimize the impact of it, but my feelings right now are that Trump winning this second election is my version of the Kennedy assassination. With no hyperbole or exaggeration, the Trump victory of Nov. 5, 2024 is a worse event than 9/11. That's the state of my emotions right now. I'm totally broken.
Less related, I visited the Kennedy assassination site in Dallas last year. It was a damn circus. People standing in the street on the spot where the bullets hit, taking selfies and blocking traffic. Conspiracy theorists with tables and literature muddying the history. People selling cheap, stupid Kennedy swag while dressed in MAGA-like flag-themed costumes. It was like the Hollywood Walk of Fame with kooks and mindless gawkers.
The sanctity and solemnity of the site is gone. It's a Disney-like bucket list item for anyone under 50. Few would care to stop and think about the real impact the event likely had on American and world history. The history is distorted and largely forgotten, except for those few frames of the Zapruder film that get played endlessly on YouTube.
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