On the 13th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, former R.E.M. frontman and New York City resident Michael Stipe has penned an essay that parses the effect the attacks had on him and the United States as a whole. "The 9/11 attacks and the Bush administration's response, buoyed by the media, and our shock at having finally been direct victims of terrorism, paved the way for a whole new take on 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself.' There was no longer any need to explain or publicly debate militaristic power, or the police state mindset. To do so was to be the opposite of a patriot." The R.E.M. frontman says the name of the tower is irrevocably linked in his mind to the phrase "freedom fries," a term for French fries that came into parlance after the French refused to help the U.S. invade Iraq in the months after 9/11.
Michael Stipe Talks Freedom Tower's 'Dark Nationalism' on 9/11 Anniversary
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