r/comics Finessed Impropriety 15h ago

25 years ago today

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u/Emotional-Ad9114 14h ago

wait what do we know about the dust? (I’m not american)

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u/sexykristinith 14h ago

The dust caused cancer. Lots and lots of cancer.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire 14h ago edited 14h ago

Cancer that killed a good majority of the firefighters that survived. Funding that was attempted to be cut by mitch McConnell and Mike Johnson only to be defended by, of all people, the amazing Jon Stewart

https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/op-ed-why-jon-stewart-fights-those-sick-and-dying-911-related-illnesses

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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.