Politicians, both professional and amateur, have tried to make the day about many other things: service, war, sacrifice, freedom, patriotism, remembrance, love, hate, righteousness, God, Satan and other words too numerous to list here. For me, it was and is primarily about fear. I like to think all those other things are simply different ways to channel that fear and deal with it. My choice was mostly anger and anxiety, but this year it is settling into a simple realization that really bad shit happens that I cannot prevent or control at all.
National Chickenshit Day doesn't seem right, so maybe National Day of Terrified Silence would be a good designation.
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