Heh. No, I wouldn't dismiss the upsurge in race-baiting and xenophobia that went on and has not at all stopped against Muslims and those who are perceived as Muslims.
I continue to be disturbed that you /do/ dismiss the trauma of others, however. Certainly, a good deal of it is supported by the rhetoric surrounding the event. It doesn't mean the trauma isn't any less real, though.
And what you're quite directly saying is that Peg, among others, is uncritically swallowing the messages provided to her whole, and I'm uncomfortable with that sort of insulting assertion.
(Oh-- As to your question of why this event and not others-- Well, for one thing, it did /kill/ quite a few people (more than the other WTC attack, to be sure), and the images were quite stark. And also, unlike Oklahoma City, there was a specific antagonist to lash out against.)
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Date: 2006-04-27 05:52 pm (UTC)I continue to be disturbed that you /do/ dismiss the trauma of others, however. Certainly, a good deal of it is supported by the rhetoric surrounding the event. It doesn't mean the trauma isn't any less real, though.
And what you're quite directly saying is that Peg, among others, is uncritically swallowing the messages provided to her whole, and I'm uncomfortable with that sort of insulting assertion.
(Oh-- As to your question of why this event and not others-- Well, for one thing, it did /kill/ quite a few people (more than the other WTC attack, to be sure), and the images were quite stark. And also, unlike Oklahoma City, there was a specific antagonist to lash out against.)