September 13th 2001, Tool took to the stage. Maynard James Keenan spoke briefly about the attacks. Paraphrasing, he suggested an inward look at ourselves as a country. The crowd began to chant “USA USA” to which Maynard responded
“you all are going to be really bummed out when you find out the U.S. did this to itself.”
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Even as a child I heard that and was like “They hate us because of our freedom? That doesn’t make any sense at all, they said we bombed them? That seems more likely the reason”
If you as much as hinted towards US/Western foreign policy being a factor in why the ”terrorists hate us” at the time, you might as have worn a shirt with ”I ❤️ OSAMA” on it.
I would have been tempted to do that as a rebel kid if I saw that shirt lol, around that time for halloween I went as a guerilla soldier with an AK airsoft gun, not explicitly anti-American but I knew what side I was on ahah.
