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Public figures and commentators responding to the September 11 attacks were infantilizing the public
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What Susan Sontag actually said
- Susan Sontag American writer and critic (1933 to 2004)
The disconnect between last Tuesday’s monstrous dose of reality and the self-righteous drivel and outright deceptions being peddled by public figures and TV commentators is startling, depressing. The voices licensed to follow the event seem to have joined together in a campaign to infantilize the public.
Where this was said
↗Tuesday, and After (The New Yorker, Talk of the Town, her contribution)newyorker.com
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