I wonder if the Covid crisis will be experienced differently than the other “where were you” events because there is a real lack of unity, even acceptance, of what is happening. Unless your family was affected by the illness, so many folks here in northern Indiana, are still in denial as our low vaccination stats reveal. While Covid is truly global in nature, it did not unify our country like those other tragedies did. If you viewed the Covid crises on Fox News instead of MSNBC, you will come away with a completely different experience. The other tragedies shared basic facts that were never really in dispute. This was a very effective lens to view real-life events as they turn into history. Thank you.
Yes. Perhaps this is true. I would remind us, however, that conspiracies and distrust surrounded the prior traumas as well. Some thought that Eisenhower let Pearl Harbor happen to get into the war he wanted. Others thought the CIA killed JFK. Some believed the Challenger explosion was faked. Still more believed the World Trade Center attack was faked too.
So—the problem is that such conspiracists are perhaps faster now (with the internet) and believed more widely—and I would also add that our media is less monolithic… there and good and bad effects to that.
In the end, I do think the pandemic will be the trauma, but you are rightly reminding me that perhaps our response to it will be part of the trauma.
Thanks David, an articulation of cyclical tenure of events, for it will recapitulate, it will somehow happen in many generations to come…”where were you…” as an inquiry refreshes the heart, even the cold, naive person who doesnt care.
I wonder if the Covid crisis will be experienced differently than the other “where were you” events because there is a real lack of unity, even acceptance, of what is happening. Unless your family was affected by the illness, so many folks here in northern Indiana, are still in denial as our low vaccination stats reveal. While Covid is truly global in nature, it did not unify our country like those other tragedies did. If you viewed the Covid crises on Fox News instead of MSNBC, you will come away with a completely different experience. The other tragedies shared basic facts that were never really in dispute. This was a very effective lens to view real-life events as they turn into history. Thank you.
Yes. Perhaps this is true. I would remind us, however, that conspiracies and distrust surrounded the prior traumas as well. Some thought that Eisenhower let Pearl Harbor happen to get into the war he wanted. Others thought the CIA killed JFK. Some believed the Challenger explosion was faked. Still more believed the World Trade Center attack was faked too.
So—the problem is that such conspiracists are perhaps faster now (with the internet) and believed more widely—and I would also add that our media is less monolithic… there and good and bad effects to that.
In the end, I do think the pandemic will be the trauma, but you are rightly reminding me that perhaps our response to it will be part of the trauma.
Thanks David, an articulation of cyclical tenure of events, for it will recapitulate, it will somehow happen in many generations to come…”where were you…” as an inquiry refreshes the heart, even the cold, naive person who doesnt care.
well said, Joel!... you're right that talking about that brings us back to a more vulnerable state--even if we grow callous over time