The very fact that Peg suggests in this post that seeing the film is akin to children playing out their own trauma over and over again in order to cope with it displays exactly why this film is exploitative. The nation is being encouraged to take 9/11 extremely personally, to the point that Peg is talking about PTSD. From Minnesota. The American people, most of whom watched these events on television, cannot be those children with post traumatic stress. The people of the United States are not all victims by nature of the brand of their passport. Don't accept that lie. It's exists to manipulate you.
The pain of the people directly affected by 9/11 is being adopted by the entire country. Since that day there has been a propaganda machine at work, and this film is capitalizing on that. There have been lots of really horrible tragedies over the years, but none of them have stirred up so much victimhood across such a large population.
If you're watching this film because you feel it will purge you of your demons, please ask yourself where those demons are coming from, and who created them. Is this film purging them, or building its revenue off the fact that so many people believe that all the events of 9/11 were really about them?
Sorry Peg, obviously these issues stir up strong feelings for everyone.
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Date: 2006-04-27 04:29 pm (UTC)The pain of the people directly affected by 9/11 is being adopted by the entire country. Since that day there has been a propaganda machine at work, and this film is capitalizing on that. There have been lots of really horrible tragedies over the years, but none of them have stirred up so much victimhood across such a large population.
If you're watching this film because you feel it will purge you of your demons, please ask yourself where those demons are coming from, and who created them. Is this film purging them, or building its revenue off the fact that so many people believe that all the events of 9/11 were really about them?
Sorry Peg, obviously these issues stir up strong feelings for everyone.