Oh it’s been a long time before that in general that’s just what flipped me from 50/50 to actively opposing what was happening.

9/11 was a big day for me because it’s the first day I actively watched the news after getting sent home from school.

And then a couple months later nobody could come up with an explanation for why we were invading Iraq that made any sense to 8 year old me.

“So they’re the ones that attacked us?”

“Well no, but you see…”

“Then why are we going to war with them?”

“Welllll… you see…”

Then I started noticing a pattern that cause and effect didn’t really seem to have anything to do with decision making.