For or against retaliating violently, or discriminating those not responsible were ways America coped with the tragedy. Hit back! Some stated after the tragedy, the country was just humiliated by a lesser power, we must fight back. Others said no, that we must maintain the respect showed by us from other countries and not physically harm them. Still others expressed their rage inside of the country by discrimination. If you had been hit by a water balloon and stood there humiliated, would you have fought back physically?

If one had to travel by plane the day after the tragedy with a passenger that resembled someone from the Middle East, they probably would have been much more cautious than before. However, some people took being more cautious to the next level and made those looked like the Taliban fear for their lives. Such severe threats were made to those types of people that some actually left the country. Members of our society that discerned others felt they had suc

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