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    Quote Originally Posted by Abbey View Post
    Every child should watch the planes hitting the towers, the towers coming down, and the photos of the bastards who engineered this. In the first grade-year that they can handle it. But def in elementary school. Then again in high school to reinforce it.

    But I’m not naive. Would our liberal DOE even allow it.
    @Kathianne what is your experience with this topic?
    I don't know what the democrats big LOVE for MUSLIMS is all about, honestly, I don't get it, and to date I've never had a leftist able to explain it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by High_Plains_Drifter View Post
    I don't know what the democrats big LOVE for MUSLIMS is all about, honestly, I don't get it, and to date I've never had a leftist able to explain it.
    I don’t know, either.

    It’s as though if it’s logical, wholesome, or in line with personal liberty, they’re against it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by High_Plains_Drifter View Post
    I don't know what the democrats big LOVE for MUSLIMS is all about, honestly, I don't get it, and to date I've never had a leftist able to explain it.
    The big love is because conservatives are skeptical, therefore, it must be embraced by progressives.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimnyc View Post
    I'm all too familiar with depression, unfortunately. I do think it helps in differentiating to a better extent, but even depressed people can lead full functioning lives. But all in all, if someone is "clinically" depressed, then I agree that some help very well may be needed.

    ....

    But back to the 17 years since 9/11. It just really sent me for a loop when I first read that this year as that sounds SO long ago, and I guess it is! And I hope the worst event on our soil - ever - will be taught and written properly and responsibly.

    And I do think a LOT of people had forgotten - in different ways, even though of course they remember the events. If that makes any sense.
    We've been at war for 17 years. As long as we are still fighting against the ideology that led to 9/11 how can anyone forget? Or even want to?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Noir View Post
    Forgetting events? No.
    But forgetting emotions? Yes, and in the most part that is a healthy and inevitable outcome.

    There’s also a wave of about-to-be college students who weren’t alive before 9/11, who’s emotions are about as detached as it is possible to be, that changes conversations.
    Noir, I don't walk around carrying my emotions regarding 9/11 on my sleeve, but it's there just under the surface and when I see photos or videos of that time my emotions are front and center ... because that's just how deep the cut is.

    I didn't lose anyone that day but did lose friends in the war afterwards. The pain fades but the emotions will always be there.

    I wasn't alive when Pearl Harbor happened but I will get emotional when I see clips of that day.

    How can you even think its healthy to forget emotions related to such devasting events? Hopefully, its those emotions that keep us vigilant against those who wish to repeat the ugliness they caused.

    It's not unhealthy to keep the emotions ... it's only unhealthy if they interfere with functionality.
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