I'm only going to say this once
Sep. 11th, 2011 10:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luciazephyrLast year I got asked about why I don't do/say anything about 9/11.
1. I don't where ya'll would see it. Not everything about me is shared online.
2. "Patriot Day", as we apparently call it, has had a frustratingly Christian bent every single year it's happened. And I am not a Christian, and I really fucking resent the idea that I have to sit and listen to that to feel like a part of this country. 9/11 means a lot of things to me, many not good, and I am self-aware enough to know this is not the time to share my complicated thoughts on the topic.
In short, this is not a holiday created for people like me, so I don't bother. If it helps ya'll remember, that's fine, but leave me out of it.
1. I don't where ya'll would see it. Not everything about me is shared online.
2. "Patriot Day", as we apparently call it, has had a frustratingly Christian bent every single year it's happened. And I am not a Christian, and I really fucking resent the idea that I have to sit and listen to that to feel like a part of this country. 9/11 means a lot of things to me, many not good, and I am self-aware enough to know this is not the time to share my complicated thoughts on the topic.
In short, this is not a holiday created for people like me, so I don't bother. If it helps ya'll remember, that's fine, but leave me out of it.
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Date: 2011-09-11 04:26 pm (UTC)And it's a throw-back to how thoughtless and jingoistic the whole country was directly after the event.
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Date: 2011-09-11 07:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-12 01:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-12 09:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-18 03:20 am (UTC)Well put. I have similar problems with the memorials.