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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

anyway something that still bothers me is how the people who are/were loudest about Never Forgetting are often people who actively hate New York City and New Yorkers and spend the other 364 days of the year fighting against everything the city stands for

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Tricia Romano @tromano.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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this reminds me of a quote from my book: Levy is talking about the New Times people but using this analogy

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DGM @notredale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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scared of cities 🤝 exploiting a city’s tragedy

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Craig Thomler @craigthomler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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What does New York stand for? (Other than crowded subways)

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

the Republican party HATES New York City — the people who live here, the ways we live, the things we value. repeatedly stating New York is dirty, sinful and dangerous is not just a side issue for them, but a critical animating belief not only do i not buy their sympathy, it infuriates me

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ksagui.bsky.social @ksagui.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Having lived in the South now for seven years, can confirm they exist and it's even more infuriating hearing it in person.

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Callalily @callalily57.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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I'm a New Yorker, and I was at college in the south on 9/11. I saw how people who had talked about "NY isn't REALLY part of the US" just a few days earlier suddenly became all "This is an attack on ALL OF US."

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The Jarmer Fones @thefarmerjones.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Never ever fails

The Jarmer Fones@thefarmerjones.bsky.social

How will you commemorate this year's 24th anniversary of avoiding people who pretend to care deeply about the events of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Valid Handle @kjmp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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theonion.com/country-musi...

theonion.com

Country Music Stars Challenge Al-Qaeda With Patriotic New Song ‘Bomb New York’

A group of country music’s biggest stars have a message for terrorists: you can’t hurt America by blowing up New York City. Listen to Song Download Song

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Jeff @sfjeff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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"The Onion nailed it" seems almost trite at this point but

The Onion 9/11 Issue: "Rest Of Country Temporarily Feels Deep Affection For New York"

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Doug Brooks @desertvol.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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This exactly is what rubbed me the wrong way from day 1. I was a Queens resident when it happened and I flew back to Tennessee a couple of weeks later and it was just so weird to me how people were being about Never Forget in a red area when I was just trying to get by day to day.

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Patrick Sterk @psterk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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I was done giving reverence to 9/11 once COVID started and this same subset of people refused to mask and downplayed the pandemic while more than a 9/11 worth of Americans died everyday from a largely preventable disease. It was never about concern for lost lives, it was always about nationalism.

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Kristopher T. @harmlesschildren.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Just the Yankees, kemosabe.

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HoneyBooKelly 🇨🇺🇪🇺 @sashakhan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Yeah.😡

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🕸godhatesyeeeeest🕷 @godhatesyeast.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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BanmarNJ @banmarnj.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Can you imagine (god forbid) if it happened today? FEMA withholding funds because it’s a blue state and Trump demanding the sole right to redevelop the site.

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snady70.bsky.social @snady70.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Im from Germany and I love everything NYC stands for. Even more than I hate what the maga cowards (all around the world) are all about. NEVER FORGET

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djayadler.bsky.social @djayadler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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New York also stands for not being a twat. Something I think most Australians stand for so it seems we are hearing from the exception that proves the rule.

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Kat Maybury @katmaybird.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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This is not in any way to compare DC's experience to NYC's but DC was targeted and we were (briefly) scared. And the loudest Never Forgetters have been occupying DC with the National Guard for over a year like it is enemy territory.

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Captain Inertia @captaininertia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Go Birds

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mashedtomatoes.bsky.social @mashedtomatoes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Reminds of how obnoxious the 2004 RNC was. Bunch of Texans and the like coming to the city to exploit the tragedy while shitting on actual New Yorkers.

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John Ore @clarencerosario.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Deep down they are probably glad it happened to New York: they get the patriotic jingoistic hard on from “being attacked”, without having to actually be attacked, and have NYC pay the price in the process.

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just another Rebecca on the Internet @nycscribbler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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They used our tragedy as an excuse to build the framework of a surveillance state and unleash decades of horror on the Middle East. It infuriates me.

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Coinman of the Month @meetzow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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One of the weirdest things I remember from 2015 when in an Republican primary debate Cruz mocked Trump's "New York values" and Trump responded with an uncharacteristically coherent response tying in the response to 9/11 and resilience of the people there as the real NY values youtu.be/TM6qRl3dSME

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Cruz, Trump debate 'New York values'

YouTube video by CNN

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Coco the Nerd @coccoside.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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It fills me with rage. Especially knowing how NYers put on stiff upper lip and tried to go back to normalcy.

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outofcontent.bsky.social @outofcontent.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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They also said it’s ok that trump forgot

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Mortgage Guy @mortgageguy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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This is so true. The loudest voices spend 364 days telling you NY is a crime ridden hellscape they will never visit because that's what Faux Noise tells them every day (while broadcasting from mid-town, btw). One day a year they wear their twin towers t-shirt. Clowns.

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Gock Socket @puppy.bzky.team · 12/09/2026

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Yeah they sure as fuck showed every New Yorker that within the first month after!

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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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Yeah. edroso.substack.com/p/911-180

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9/11 180°

Conservatives who pretended to like New York after 9/11 now cheer for it to die

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Sandy B. @nebulousmenace.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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I never made a list of the Congresscritters who voted against emergency aid for NYC, but I should have. I'm reduced to "Republicans from Montana, probably."

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ScottD @scott53.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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They always say "real America" when talking about small rural towns in the middle of the country. But not many people believe the American dream is to move to one of those towns and work in a factory for the rest of their lives. Who's chasing that? There's a reason people move to big cities.

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