Is this the new Pearl Harbor Day?

[Bmoboy]

Pearl Harbor Day was the reminder to hate the Japanese.

Is the 9/11 anniversary a reminder to hate muslims?

The victims who died on 9/11 were innocent bystanders.

What about the politicians and "defense" contractors who supplied the weapons to the dictators of the middle east for decades?

Just askin'

[Treefrog]

1. I think remembering 9/11 is about remembering the victims.

Muslims died in the towers too. And I don’t mean the hijackers.

[tecelote]

2. Bmoboy is talking about the right-wing take on 9/11.

You're right though. It should be about the victims.

[Bucky]

3. Hmmm

I don't recall any emphasis being put on hating the Japanese in the 1960s. Of course it's easy to be forgiving if you won the subsequent war.

One reason we keep wanting to revisit 9/11 is because we haven't come to terms with the fact that we lost that day and never got the satisfaction of a vindicating triumph.

[tirebiter]

4. Both if used wisely

Are reminders to not be caught off guard. Add January 6 to that list.

[stillcool]

5. For me it's a No Sense at all Day...

none of it makes any sense. I keep thinking about plastic sheeting and duct tape.

[fescuerescue]

6. I hadn't heard anything about Muslims today until I read your post

So you are the first! Congrats.

It's about remembering the victims of a terrible attack. Friends, family, and people we didn't know, but were just as innocent as you and I.

[Bmoboy]

7. I beg to differ

The TV coverage this weekend included hours about Osama, al Qaeda, the Taliban, and the backlash against American Muslims in the aftermath of the attacks.

As to remembering the innocent victims, it would be more impressive if the first responders had not been denied benefits and medical coverage.

And by establishing these 3000 as deserving such high recognition, what does it say about all the other innocents for whom such honor is not forthcoming?

Like the hundreds of thousands killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

[fescuerescue]

9. I don't watch Fox news or mainstream media

[Iggo]

8. That sounds made up. (n/t)