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Originally Posted by Grancey
I don't get angry at those that dismiss this time in our country's history. I have to accept that for some reason or another some people are unable to comprehend the full impact that this has had on our country and our people. I believe that Willravel and LoganSnake are probably too young to understand. They were teenagers when this happened. My niece is 18, and she dismisses similar events in the same way. Youth is not an excuse, but I can get beyond that. To the rest of you, and those who have lost family and friends, I am with you today.
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I'm not one to get rallied by sympathy when it contradicts reason. The whole "in solemn remembrance" thing was done again and again and again. People died, many of them were brave. That's horrible, but it happens every day. What doesn't happen every day is people losing all perspective and being led around by their sympathy and fear. As soon as 9/11 was used as a rally cry for selfish gain it ceased being some amazing moment in the history of the world and just became another useless and meaningless loss that was capitalized on by very bad people.
I can't tell you how often this 25 year old has to remind people much older than myself that Pearl Harbor caused the US to stop Japanese (and by extension German) imperialism, saving millions or even billions of people from tyranny. 9/11 has been the opposite. It's inspired fear, which has
allowed tyranny. I don't dismiss things like Pearl Harbor. I don't dismiss Paul Revere's ride or the battles of Lexington and Concord. I'm aware of moments in US history to be proud of. 9/11 isn't one of them.
Romanticizing an attack into some patriotic rallying point is what has gotten us to where we are today, and I refuse to be a part of that.
Edit: and what RB said above.