Re: How will this age be remembered?

Description: We shouldn't define our age by 9/11, says Legend.

Transcript: We’ve had a president, and we’ve had a media establishment that has kind of defined this era as one of conflict with terrorism and with the Middle East. And I think that has been the prevailing narrative over the first decade of the . . . of the 21st century. Because of 9/11, we allowed our politics to be defined basically by 9/11. And I would argue that that was a mistake, but it is what it is. That’s what happened. And I think a lot of decisions . . . a lot of politicians’ candidacies, and stump speeches, and platforms have been defined by their stance on how to fight the war on terror. And I think that’s unfortunate that we’ve let terror define so many years of . . . of not only political activity, but also just, you know, going to the airport. Everything we do, I think terrorism is in the back of people’s minds on some level. And I think that’s unfortunate, but it is what it is. That’s what’s happened. And I think when people write the history of this era – of these . . . this first eight years of the 21st century, I think the prevailing narrative will be our . . . the act of terrorism that happened on 9/11, and our response and our behavior in how we changed as a result of that. And that’s unfortunate.

Recorded on: 1/29/08