Since Monday night, 5+ packages have been intercepted by Secret Service and law enforcement - confirming that each one contained a live explosive, most in the form of a "pipe bomb". CNN headquarters also received a device, leading to the complete evacuation of their New York offices. These acts of domestic terrorism highlight a dangerous time in American politics - especially in regard to free press and ideological conflicts.
Many of us can remember the immediate effects of 9/11: patriotism, uniformity, and togetherness. When terror strikes today, social media has helped influence the dark side of tragedy - lunacy and unhinged finger-pointing. With social media allowing instantaneous communication, like-minded individuals can form a plot and narrative before the story even gains traction. Today, the attempted bombings are labelled as left-wing false-flag conspiracies, implemented to influence voters before the midterms elections in 12 days. False-flag drills certainly have occurred in the past, but the reactionary finger-pointing of the left & right has made a potential act of terrorism against ALL Americans into another divisive milestone towards a cold civil war.
I agree that today's society as soon as something negative happens each side starts pointing fingers. Which is unfortunate especially when if anything both sides should be coming together to either solve an issue or figure out what caused it. It is this finger pointing that only causes situations to be multiplied to an extreme and in some cases causes further acts to be committed in return. The reason for this is, because if you thing one side does something negative to you then there might be retaliation against the opposing side even if in reality they had nothing to do with it.
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