No. I even hate threads on here about it, unless someone was directly affected.
Yes, we know you were getting ready for work/school, saw it on the news, and called your mom/SO/BFF to say, "what is going on?!?!" Everyone else did the same thing. Restating this every year irritates the fuck out of me.
I was AT school (fucking 8:30 classes) and couldn't call my mom/SO/BFF because the phone lines were jammed, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I will be posting on December 14th though. I grew up in Newtown and although I did not suffer a personal loss, I know people that did and was certainly affected deeply by what happened in my town. The whole idea of school shifted for me.
I will be posting on December 14th though. I grew up in Newtown and although I did not suffer a personal loss, I know people that did and was certainly affected deeply by what happened in my town. The whole idea of school shifted for me.
If you have a personal connection though, what's the message?
"Never forget that I lost my dad 12 years ago today"? "Never forget that I rescued people from the towers"? "Never forget that my sadness about this way is more profound than your sadness about this because I was closer"?
I certainly understand feeling very sad about anniversaries of tragedies -- I guess I just don't see how Facebook AWing about it helps.
I was actually wondering today if the same would happen if Pearl Harbor were to happen in this media age. And I am not trivializing 9/11 or anything, just wondering.
Post by mushmouse on Sept 11, 2013 10:01:30 GMT -5
I like seeing the towers, so I kind of like it. My friends and family are almost all in NYC so there's no political stuff. Just a pic, memory or a thank you.
ETA - I don't like footage of the event. Just nice, old pics of the towers. And the 'where were you' game is definitely old.
I will be posting on December 14th though. I grew up in Newtown and although I did not suffer a personal loss, I know people that did and was certainly affected deeply by what happened in my town. The whole idea of school shifted for me.
If you have a personal connection though, what's the message?
"Never forget that I lost my dad 12 years ago today"? "Never forget that I rescued people from the towers"? "Never forget that my sadness about this way is more profound than your sadness about this because I was closer"?
I certainly understand feeling very sad about anniversaries of tragedies -- I guess I just don't see how Facebook AWing about it helps.
I don't consider a remembrance to be AWing. It's a kind thing to honor what happened.
Also all I seeing is people trying to tie this to Obama, which I am like whaaaaa. Basically this is just another opportunity for Obama=Muslim which makes me all
This is mostly what I'm getting too. The most prominent one has the towers and says "12 years later, our president wants to support the people that did this. If this appalls you, share the photograph and pray for our nation."
If you have a personal connection though, what's the message?
"Never forget that I lost my dad 12 years ago today"? "Never forget that I rescued people from the towers"? "Never forget that my sadness about this way is more profound than your sadness about this because I was closer"?
I certainly understand feeling very sad about anniversaries of tragedies -- I guess I just don't see how Facebook AWing about it helps.
I don't consider a remembrance to be AWing. It's a kind thing to honor what happened.
I guess I just don't see posting something on facebook between people's posts about their kids' first days of school and Candy Crush requests to be a kind rememberance. And I am with LHC that it always seems to trivialize rather than honor. But we can agree to disagree.
I checked Facebook before I came here. I actually tried to remember which of the people who posted memes lived in NY or DC during 9/11 so I could figure out how annoyed to be. I can't judge anyone who was there for anything. But I will sure as shit judge the people in CA whom I know slept though the whole thing.
Also all I seeing is people trying to tie this to Obama, which I am like whaaaaa. Basically this is just another opportunity for Obama=Muslim which makes me all
This is mostly what I'm getting too. The most prominent one has the towers and says "12 years later, our president wants to support the people that did this. If this appalls you, share the photograph and pray for our nation."
Post by gretchenindisguise on Sept 11, 2013 10:24:16 GMT -5
I do not plan on it.
I did, however, hear about the 911day.org orgranization on NPR this morning, and thought about posting a link to it on my facebook. I really liked the sentiment behind the orgranization.
Post by TrickyBob on Sept 11, 2013 10:31:13 GMT -5
No. I tend to give thought to 9/11 several times a year and don't need to jam up facebook with tons of memes saying so.
I also want to be honest and say that though NOW (in the last several years) I understand the impact, this happened when I was in 6th grade. I was 11 in 6th grade. I had zero knowledge of politics and I wasn't even aware that we had twin towers in New York because I knew nothing about NY. I had no idea why this was such a big deal. It did not impact me the way it did many teens and adults at the time.
And it bothers me when people, who were in my class, post their "I remember sitting in class and watching it happen and being really scared and knowing that America would be forever changed". You were 11! I believe the scared part but the rest...no. Maybe as an older teen/adult you feel this way, but not at 11.
Also all I seeing is people trying to tie this to Obama, which I am like whaaaaa. Basically this is just another opportunity for Obama=Muslim which makes me all
God I keep seeing this too! Just STFU already! Obama had no part in it! I just want to shake some sense into these people!
Also all I seeing is people trying to tie this to Obama, which I am like whaaaaa. Basically this is just another opportunity for Obama=Muslim which makes me all
This is mostly what I'm getting too. The most prominent one has the towers and says "12 years later, our president wants to support the people that did this. If this appalls you, share the photograph and pray for our nation."
Really?
I keep seeing this one all over my FB and it is driving me crazy. Today is not the day to do this.
To answer the poll: Hell no. I'm trying to avoid FB today as much as possible. I feel like all these "patriotic" posts just attempt to commercialize on a tragedy. I'll do my observance by donating some money to the upkeep of our local cemetery, not posting pictures that say, "I'm not convinced that faith can move mountains, but I've seen what it can do to skyscrapers." Yuck.
listen, i'm a crochety asshole, but of course anyone can do whatever the hell you want. i don't begrudge you if you had a personal experience or loss, for sure. i might flit by your post with eyes averted, but i'm a person who doesn't like cards with poems in them because emotion makes me uncomfortable.
but if you live in oregon and woke up at 10:30 eastern time to learn that a horrible attack had occurred but thank goodness everyone you love is safe, well, i'm going to shank you for posting a crying eagle. and if you're like this guy i went to high school with who i forgot i'd even friended and posted about how you're thinking about everyone who was in NY/DC/PA that day, but, hey, 9-11 wasn't all bad because you also adopted your dog that same day (aside: wtf ), i'm going to shank you with a rusty spork. and defriend you. and place a pox upon your house.
Post by FastHands on Sept 11, 2013 11:29:23 GMT -5
I don't get the judgement for ppl who want to process this day however they want to process it. I probably won't post anything, but I'm not going to analyze someone else's motives or whether they are feeling/doing/saying enough or the right things to make me give them the grief-stamp-of-approval. Maybe they are hurting and the way they process it seems "trivial" to you. Maybe they do want attention. Why do you care?
I don't get the judgement for ppl who want to process this day however they want to process it. I probably won't post anything, but I'm not going to analyze someone else's motives or whether they are feeling/doing/saying enough or the right things to make me give them the grief-stamp-of-approval. Maybe they are hurting and the way they process it seems "trivial" to you. Maybe they do want attention. Why do you care?
This is where I'm at. Who am I to decide whether someone is properly grieving or honoring what happened? Some of my friends are still grieving what they experienced and others are being dirty tragedy whores. However, most are simply being supportive of those they know who are still hurting (no matter how close they were to any of the crash sites) and I don't think that there's a right or wrong way to express that support.