Part of the problem is that we are surrounded by assholes.
The only reason I was eager to move on was to get the trauma of the event closed off; the few years after that were bad enough that I took time off from work on that day so I didn’t have to deal with anyone or any of the media surrounding the whole ‘rememberance’ ceremonies/rituals/etc. that insisted on rubbing it in the viewers nose like a dog that’s just shat on the carpet.
