This past Monday, I had the pleasure of attending a closed lunch/speech with "guest of honor" Bill Bennett. Bennett made an astounding speech. At one point, he began talking of his recent trip to our neighbors to the south, Portland, Oregon. While there, he had heard on the radio the following comment in regards to September, 11th: "that thing that affected the East Coast." Bennett assured us that this leftist radio host was not joking around, but was serious.
Rightfully so, Bennett, myself, and the entire room of 50 or so were utterly disgusted. Such a comment is exactly what is wrong with many on the political left, but I'm afraid that that feeling of apathy (if thats the right word) may already be spreading across America.
To talk of 9/11 merely as some "thing" is morally horrible. The deliberate murder -- and the linked intentions of complete genocide -- of thousands of completely innocent persons is not a "thing." It is an atrocity, it is war, it is hell. Any remarks like this radio host's that minimize the importance of 9/11 are simply tragic.
Further, the thought that 9/11 only affected "the east coast" is equally as deplorable. When will they get it? September 11th did not only affect the northeast, not even just America. The events of that day affected humanity as a whole, it affected the entire world. Their impact is truly of a historic scale. Such comments from Portland are just sickening.
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