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The silence that occured in your theater and in mine speaks volumes.

The fact that some of you here find it impossible for a regular American to find the film emotionally powerful speaks loudly about the partisan division in this country. To think that some of you believe that some of your neighbors (because I guarantee you that there were Republicans and Democrats in every showing) would actually stand up and applaud the hijackers is sobering and more importantly.. heartbreaking.

I know some of you are jaded because of liberal bias in the media, but is it really too much to believe that a liberal European filmmaker made a startingly honest and gripping film about an American tragedy? I do not know how I would have acted if I was in such a situation. I know that many of you would rush to the aid of the passengers and their cause, but not all passengers on the flight joined. Some of them sat out. Are they to be critcized? Absolutely not. Why? We are all humans. I think this film has allowed us to realize our commond bonds as Americans and as human beings.

I have personally met people who proclaimed that American deserved what happened on 9/11, that the Jews were behind it all, that if we were not friends with Israel none of this would have happened, that if only we would respect their so called culture 9/11 never would have happened.
These people are my neighbors and I assure you similar neighbors exist for every posting member on Free Republic.
Are these idiots actually going to cheer the hijackers in the movie theater? No - of course not. They'd be beaten within an inch of their lives.
If you don't believe such people exist - take a look at a putrid little web site called democratic Underground. There are lots of ' wonderful ' postings about this movie. Your jaw will drop and the blood leave your face when you see some of the comments.

"too much to believe that a liberal European filmmaker made a startingly honest and gripping film about an American tragedy?"

Your comment just reminded me of the flowers left along the fence lines at US military bases overseas. The military left them there for some time.