Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities

guidomerkinsrules said

I wonder rot what degree 9/11 (but also Katrina and covid) have pierced whatever veil of invulnerability the US used to have
To say nothing of Twitter, et al, making every danger seem like it’s right Nextdoor

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I'd say 9-11 and the aftermath with the terror alerts, see something say something etc. had a huge impact

I don't know if the archives go back that far but we talked about here at the time

Social media certainly skyrocketed people's general uneasiness and mistrust