Apathy
While obviously many people feel strongly that 9/11 was an inside job, and many others seem to feel strongly that the official story is the absolute truth, I bet there are a LOT of people who just don't care much one way or another.
9/11 is history, it doesn't affect their life in any meaningful way, and they don't want to waste their time thinking about it.
This is my wife's philosophy, for instance.
I could see that many people who are busy raising families and working for a living would have the same attitude. They have other priorities that are more important.
Other priorities, such as real life, they would likely say.
But for me, I can't think of any recent event that is more important than 9/11-- and more blatantly a lie.
And it BUGS me.
I think it is outrageous that this country has let this lie stand.
Is this just "reality" or apathy?
9/11 is history, it doesn't affect their life in any meaningful way, and they don't want to waste their time thinking about it.
This is my wife's philosophy, for instance.
I could see that many people who are busy raising families and working for a living would have the same attitude. They have other priorities that are more important.
Other priorities, such as real life, they would likely say.
But for me, I can't think of any recent event that is more important than 9/11-- and more blatantly a lie.
And it BUGS me.
I think it is outrageous that this country has let this lie stand.
Is this just "reality" or apathy?
posted by spooked at 11:22 PM
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I have come to the conclusion that what bedevils the majority of Americans vis-a-vis 9/11 is not apathy (for, in fact, 9/11 is a subject that stirs many strong emotions), but rather a unstated fear of the truth. The truth challenges all of the basic belief systems in our country, our government and those who purport to lead us. That is not to say that the barriers they erect to preserve their belief systems can not be chipped away at. I have perceived a fundamental change in the willingness of people to at least consider alternatives to what we were told. Somewhat poetically, that tidal change is due, in no small part, to the blantant disregard the Administration has exhibited for the American people, the rule of law and the truth. Keep up your excellent inquiry.
Hi, my wife was in fact the person who discovered the truth about 9/11 and shared it with me. However, since then, I've discovered another spirit within people that causes them to resist taking up this cause - the fear of being out in front of the crowd.
As long as there are folks of prominence leading the charge, it's easy for revolutionary thinkers to join the march and to raise hell from behind the lines, but when you're the only two people in your town with the truth, it's very scary to want to be seen as total kooks. Me, I don't give a damn what people think of me, but a lot of people do. They are afraid to claim something that every single mainstream media figure has vocally denounced as lunacy, because their neighbors, friends and family will think less of them.
I don't blame people for being afraid, but I do wish that more folks in the indie media side of things had the guts to put themselves out there. Just because Al Franken and Ed Schultz don't want to talk about it doesn't mean it shouldn't be talked about. This is our nation's real history, and we should have the courage to discuss it in public, as loudly as we can.
The other problem: there are so many other issues of paramount importance, that most groups feel making a 9/11 movement push would distract from their more pressing concerns, like ending the war, fighting right-wing udges, or impeaching the president.
I think you put your finger on a few key reasons for this, but my sense is that it is closer to :
1) The past can't be changed so what's the point.
2) For what you can't change why risk (potential) social alienation.
3) Even if it could be changed, people feel totally powerless against the media/govt juggernaut.
Look at the JFK assassination...after Ruby silenced Oswald (of course, they made sure it was on national television so there were no questions it was a 'lone nut' killing the 'lone nut') there were in the following years consistent surveys showing huge majorities believed it was a conspiracy. Yet, no one saw fit to lift a finger, but a core of people who realized the implications of letting the forces of evil get away with both murder AND cover-up.
If you have not seen Joan Mellen's book, Farewell to Justice, (and even if you are not interested in JFK's murder) you should check out this article :
http://www.joanmellen.net/NYC_2006article.html
How the Failure To Identify, Prosecute and Convict President Kennedy's Assassins
Has Led To Today's Crisis Of Democracy BY JOAN MELLEN
I would argue that this failure is a big part of what led us directly to 9-11, which is essentially the same cast of characters and their newer generation. (Bush was all tied up in Dallas.....).
I just hope that 9-11 doesn't end up like JFK's murder - an eternal enigma that is more like a hobby for people than a crusade for justice. We owe it to JFK to not let this happen.
wow, all great points here. Thanks.
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