need opinions here. wtc incident
Ok, so, i'm finally in manhattan and i make the trek to the WTC site to pay respects, etc, take pictures, and just see for myself..
I arrive, beautful sunny day, walk around the church across the street, walk over to the actual site, see the last steel cross, the mourning building (the one draped in black), etc...
Then, i'm walking down the steps to get closer to the excavation site and i hear this lady shouting at the top of her lungs, "BUSH IS A TERRORIST, BUSH MUST BE STOPPED. HE AND GUILLIANI HAVE ALLOWED THIS ATTACK ON AMERICA!!" and several things along these lines at the entrance, 20 ft away really (there was a sign saying no material within 20 ft of the entrance), and she kept screaming and they wer passing out flyers, etc, along with a big, "HELP THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS OF 9-11, STOP THE COVER-UP" sign.
Now...i'm thinking...Ok, i dislike bush...seriously dislike. A couple days after 9/11, i was talking with people about how it could easily be planned attack, etc, kind of like how pearl harbor was but not really..i know the dispute over pearl harbor still goes on, but it's along those lines...so i mean, i should be sympathetic to this group...
However...
I have to admit, i was pretty disgusted. I really didn't care what they were saying one way or another. Seriously, i probably agreed with a good bit of what she was saying, but i honestly think the venue for it was atrocious. Seriously, people go to that site to take it in, pay their last respects, just look, morbid curiosity, whatever. It's not exactly a space where you want people spouting politics. Honestly, I was kind of offended by the whole ordeal. Again, not bc i disagree with anything they were saying, but ith where. I think that area should be partisan free. Honestly, I don't get offended by anything, but for some reason, just having people who were probably on my side of the political spectrum turning a monument like that into an anti-republican rally just made me kinda sad.
Any thoughts? sorry for venting there, just had to get it off my chest.
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