Comments on: 9/11 Widow Fatigue

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Indeed. One is catious about criticizing one who is a victim, as these women are. Still, they are no more expert on international security that any other randomly picked person related to people who work in other office towers in NYC. Indeed, I have listened to some of what they have to say, and they clearly do not understand how government even works--hence, their criticisms tend to be rather shallow and simplistic.

By: Gary and the Samoyeds

Gary and the Samoyeds — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

But Steven, the mere fact that they are Victims(tm) means they are morally superior and knowledgeable. Grrr.

I feel sorry for all the people whose lives were torn apart (or ended) by the attacks, but the moment someone uses his Victim Powers, the sympathy meter drops.

This is like those people that say "I know it was the cell phone that gave me brain cancer." No, you don't. The mere fact that you suffered does not make you an expert on the cause of your suffering.

We can remember how the relatives of the people killed on the USS Arizona offered their suggestions on strategy and their attacks on FDR, right?

By: Leathan Lund

Leathan Lund — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

We should stop with the nonsense that we owe these particular people answers, apologies, or anything else that isnât owed every other American.

Well said, and I can't help wondering if Ms. Breitweiser was one of the 9/11 victims we heard clapping on cue in the background as Bob Kerrey hounded Condi Rice at the 9/11 hearings the other day.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Their 15 minutes is coming to an end... Yesterday, early in his show, a local radio guy called them whiners. Some woman called up and fussed at the host and assigned false virtue to these women. THAT did it.

The phone lines lit up for 3 hours mostly with people backing the host and calling them whiners.

People get it.

By: Yama

Yama — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I recall having some respect for Rabinowitz. No more. Applying her formidable skills to trashing these widows is disgusting.

Recall that, regardless of the merits of their argument, these women gain attention now because Mr. Bush and the GOP have been foolish in their hostility to the 911 commision.

We should not need to rely on the false moral authority given to these widows. Mr. Bush should have cooperated from the start. It is his intransigence that has given these women their power.

To strike at them now is weak and revealing.

By: Fables of the reconstruction

Fables of the reconstruction — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Have Some Perspective, Ma'am Shorter James Joyner: Victims who agree with me are heroes. Victims who disagree are a shrill, vocal subset who are being bizarrely fetishized by the media. Update: Joyner rejoins in comments (and corrects the link.) The rejoinder doesn't impress me ---