September 11th.

Wow. Eight years and we’re already forgetting what we stand for. Good job, guys. At least we made it eight years, right? Now it’s just downhill from here. I’m so fucking proud

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No, really.I woke up today and expected to hear “Meet Me in the Stairwell” like I was used to. They have played it almost every year, and every year I sit and listen through it. This year there was none. I wasn’t surprised. The station had gotten a lot of criticism since not all listeners are Christian and they were some how offended by this.
But then we got to school. I expected two minutes of silence or some sort of prayer/saying about this day. Hmm. That was odd. There was no moment of silence for this.
Did we forget today, Harris? Well you really fucked up our school’s patriotism there, if I do say so myself. Then there are the teachers.Did you have something so important that you couldn’t mention it? Hmm? Wait, what? OH! You had to give a test…right, right. Perfectly understandable. Sorry for doubting your consideration of our nation.
Actually, the only classes that brought it up where those that were SUPPOSED to bring it up: US Government and Contemporary Issues. Honestly, I am grateful that you did.After a day of, what I felt, national neglect, I got home expecting to see programs on certain channels about it. But apparently I was wrong again.Honestly, now: Am I the only one who is pissed about this?
Can I ask you something, America? Why does it take something like the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and Flight 93 for us to all come together? Why does it take something so drastic? Why only then can we, as Luis said, forget our differences, our color, our cultures, our FEARS and come together as a nation? And mostly, why after eight years, do we push it aside as if it were nothing? It’s ONE. FUCKING. DAY. OF. THE. YEAR. Can you respect it just this one mother fucking day? Can you NOT laugh as you see bodies flying out the buildings? Can you NOT make jokes about terrorism or how Bush was a dumb ass president? Does that even MATTER?
What’s it going to take? Are we going to wait until this happens again? Or are we just waiting for the day that we get Sep. 11th off to go cook a burger on a grill and eventually totally forget about what really went on?
Grow the fuck up, America.
Have respect for those who are gone. For those who were innocent and maybe even those who weren’t so innocent. But they were human beings. [In case you were unaware, you and I are human beings too.] Have respect for those who are actually out there fighting to keep this from happening again. Have respect for those who became heroes on that day, for those who lost loved ones, for those children that never got to pass their grade. Have respect for that stranger that would have held your hand and tried to pull you out of the fire…Stop criticizing everything----if you sat your ass down and realized you were running the WHOLE country, you would be a little scared and wary of what to do too. Guys, grow some balls and quit acting like it’s a fucking joke. Girls, get a damn clue.
This is a day for mourning, for realizing what this country is about. This is a day that should NOT just be shoved into text books. It’s a day when we need to remember why we’re here. Why we’re in America and why we live in the land of the free and the home of the brave. It’s a very damn good day that’s worth mentioning in class.