Forgetting about it? Every 4th post in my feed is about it. All the news outlets are running stories. Every politician is doing memorial selfies.
What "forgetting" are these folks talking about?
In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, there is a character named Lintilla who wears a "Crisis Inducer". When she hits a button, her mind becomes convinced she is being pursued by hostile forces. This gives her an adrenaline spike to sharpen her senses and pump up her energy.
I grew up in conservative religious circles. Their world is guided by the latest "Crisis Inducer". Someone (in their mind) is always persecuting them, always after them, always out to get them.
So, they are able to take a day like today... and imagine that, somehow, there is a slight out there with their name on it.
As is so often the case, the Bible they use to attack others is actually speaking of them -
"The wicked flee when no one pursueth them."
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