The picture of this horrible day has
many oppressive meanings hidden in there. The main oppressive language that is
implied is that all Muslims are horrible terrorists that want to destroy America.
This statement is wrong. There is s
small sect that does want the destruction of America but the rest of the Muslim
religion is like all others. Religions all call for peace among all people no
matter what. The use of this caused many innocent Muslims to be accused of
being a part of the terrible thing that happened in America that day.
It also makes it seem as though all
airport security is lazy. No, it was not lazy, even 11 years ago. Due to what
happened, it became much stricter and now it is very hard to sneak anything on
a plane without being caught by the new security measures. Though the security tightened,
we still have to see what happens when things are not taken seriously. Yes, 11
years ago security was not what it is now, but not everyone was lazy 11 years
ago.
The entire government was useless
in the aftermath of the terror attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. The problem
with thinking this is that the government knew nothing about this happening. There
was no warning to what would happen. This has never happened in our history and
reacting is hard. How does the President react to being attack while surrounded
by school children and try not to make a scene? It is incomprehensible back
then that we would be under attack on our own soil. The fact that there was no
warning made it difficult to go and help New York and those who had been lost
in this horrible event.
There are beliefs that no one had
an evacuation plan in place in case of an emergency. This is wrong. A man by
the name of Rick Rescorla had a plan in place just in case something like this
happened again. Following the ’93 terrorist attack against the Twin Towers, Rescorla
made up a plan of escape for anything that could possibly happen at any time.
Those who worked for Morgan Stanley were prepared for and had a way to get out
of the building and did so when they noticed that the other building had been
attacked.
Oppressive language is hard to try
and stop using because people do not want to either acknowledge or want to make
people uncomfortable with what the topic is.
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Baylea Hall
Definitely agree with this entire post. Numerous people have constantly used oppressive language when talking about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Most opinionated statements are like what you addressed in this post, such as the escape plans, useless and unknowing government, "all Muslims are terrorists," and lazy airport security. Although to counter your blog, I have come across numerous people that have completely different ideas. Some say that the government did in fact receive a warning prior to these attacks, and refused to do anything to counter. Some others that I've encountered have come to the conclusion that what happened would have been impossible to stop due to the fact that the plot is expressed in the Bible. Now I don't know how much faith you have in these statement. However, my own personal opinion on the matter is this: These attacks were of nothing but hatred, and they were horrible. And no matter who you are or what you were doing as those seconds seemed to drag like the world had ceased to spin, it changed you. It changed who you were forever. Whether your faith in America, your pride in your country, or your very sense of security, it affected us all.
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