r/comics Finessed Impropriety 15h ago

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u/PrudentCarter 14h ago

I remember he fought pretty hard for it. He was seriously disappointed when they wouldn't even show up to the meeting for it.

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u/peachesfordinner BumBum Ouchie 14h ago

He did the impossible. He made them feel shame on their cold dead hearts for just a moment

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u/TemporaryMagician 13h ago

The more cynical take is that they never felt shame, but Jon's advocacy as a celebrity brought unwelcome publicity to their mistreatment of universally valorized heroes.

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u/peachesfordinner BumBum Ouchie 13h ago

Oh that certainly was the effective weapon he used

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u/SheDevilWithANewGig 1h ago

Yep. They calculated the optics and political impact only. They don’t give a fuck

u/wex118 49m ago

Right. If anything they just felt annoyance at having to yield on the issue.

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u/Supyloco 12h ago

That would still be shame.

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u/thedarkone47 7h ago

annoyance at getting caught isn't shame.

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u/Bun_Wrangler 11h ago

Because they don't care. It's a great tool to stir up memories to try and win some patriotic votes. Clearly from peoples experiences in this post. Its nothing more then a cynical tool, they could have passed a law that day. That would medically cover all the victims and first responders. They didn't, they were to focused on the opportunity to galvanize the public for never ending wars.

I say this in good faith and from personal experience. 9/11 is nothing more then a tool to them. It can garner votes, silence political opponents and always be used for some good press with a hollow ceremony.

Trump has Howard Ludnick(how ever you spell his last name) in his cabinet. His brother died in 9/11 as their company was in one of the towers. He played a real good sob story, made it seem like he cared and helped setup a fund to support the families of the deceased. The loophole, was that there wasn't a limit on the amount that could be paid out. He took the whole think, I can't remember the exact number, but it was more then a couple million. So that's who we have in government. People who have no problem using 9/11 for personal gain.