Afterwards, I didn't know what was going to happen. It was a relief when September 12 and the ensuing days passed by without another attack. The country responded in unity unprecedented in my memory. Unfortunately I feel that this country has gone back and is now as divided as ever. But it's not what people are saying but rather how they are saying it. Whatever happened to civility and goodwill toward another? That is the question I believe everyone should ask themselves five years later.
It was very discouraging to see Hurricane Katrina used as a political device for every activist group. Whatever position they opposed was somehow responsible for an act of God. Instead of what can we do to help like after September 11, the idea was let's figure out who to blame. It really turned me off to the whole tragedy in 2005. And I have a feeling others may have felt that way too and it hurt the people affected the most.
I must say that I am very impressed with this site. When someone disagrees or posts why he doesn't understand the anamorphic issue, people don't bite his or her head off. And when someone is idiotic to wish for Lucas' death or likewise, they are rightly told off for it. That's not the case at other websites where someone might get banned for simply politely disagreeing or where rudeness and sub-childish immaturity is permitted or seemingly encouraged.
This is a comment from an actual website.
“What I notice that differentiates liberal versus conservative dialogue is the absolute vitriol, the ad hominem attacks and the vituperations spewing from liberals.”
We hate your guts. What’s the problem? Did you think people were gonna love you for being an a**hole?
Comment by Eat The Lazy Rich — August 11, 2005 @ 8:07 pm
The vast majority of user comments I read were at that site just like this. The writer could not have made the previous poster more correct. I see it on both sides and it doesn't help anything. At all.