Yes, I promise I'll "never forget" 9/11--but not for the same reasons our hyper-patriots, blood-and-soil nationalists, Christian imperial crusaders, and cross-party imperialists want me too. As a result of that tragic event, and its aftermath, I became a better citizen, a better political thinker, a better historian, a better educator, and a better Christian in spite of their permanent war-oriented white Christo-nationalist tribalism. Indeed, I'll never ever forget the personal lessons of 9/11.