One of the best things said in this was brought up by an Indian woman, talking about Gandhi. She said that the only good politics were the politics of fearlessness. Bush encourages a politics of fear. She said that those firemen and other people who helped get people out of the buildings on 9-11 were fearless. They were fearless because they had something to do, they had a concrete way of helping, and they did it.
Our country was swept together right after 9-11 largely because what we saw was how brave people can be in a crisis. Those firemen and others were the heroes. But then quickly that image became supplanted by Bush's face--he became the hero
Wow...that's just such a perfect way of putting it.
Man, September 11th has been used so much as a playing piece in politics lately, it makes me ashamed sometimes to even bring it up. (Not that I'm saying it shouldn't ever be brought up...just that it saddens me. These were people and they died, they don't deserve to end up some kind of bargaining chip. Or an excuse...)
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Date: 2004-11-05 01:53 pm (UTC)Our country was swept together right after 9-11 largely because what we saw was how brave people can be in a crisis. Those firemen and others were the heroes. But then quickly that image became supplanted by Bush's face--he became the hero
Wow...that's just such a perfect way of putting it.
Man, September 11th has been used so much as a playing piece in politics lately, it makes me ashamed sometimes to even bring it up. (Not that I'm saying it shouldn't ever be brought up...just that it saddens me. These were people and they died, they don't deserve to end up some kind of bargaining chip. Or an excuse...)