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Talking about how the WTC was a legitimate military target and implying that everyone in the class who supports Bush are brown shirt nazi's is NOT a good way to begin conversations. That is what he was doing when he was so "innocently" making kids think in depth.
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But that's not what he said - please go back and re-read the transcript and come back once you've comprehended it.
If you're not able to do that, I'll help. It's quite simple. I'll bold in the parts that show that he was putting over a different point of view. It's quite a subtle distinction, let's see if you're able to understand what that means...
Here's the WTC text (copied from above - my emphasis)
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"<b>You need to understand something </b> — that when al-Qaida attacked America on Sept. 11, in <b>their view</b> they're not attacking innocent people. The CIA had an office in the World Trade Center. The Pentagon is a military target. The White House was a military target. Congress is a military target. The World Trade Center is the economic center of our entire economy. The FBI, who tracks down terrorists and so on and so forth around the world, has offices in the World Trade Center. Some of the companies that work in the World Trade Center are these huge, multinational corporations that are directly involved in the military industrial complex, in supporting corrupt dictatorships in the Middle East. And so <b>in the minds of al-Qaida,</b> they're not attacking innocent people. They're attacking legitimate targets, people who have blood on their hands as far <b>as they're concerned.</b> We portray them as innocent because they are our friends and neighbors, family, loved ones. I mean I had one of my best friends from high school, elementary school and birth, lives in lower Manhattan. . . ."
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Does that make things a bit easier?