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Benedict Arnold

Agree or disagree?: The events of September 11, 2001 were the worst tragedy in American history.

Posted - October 10, 2017
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  • 7126
    As horrible as that day was, not even close. Over one million American soldiers died between The Civil War and World War 2 alone.
      October 10, 2017 5:49 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    Great answer. ;)
      October 10, 2017 6:15 PM MDT
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  • 23641

    That was a horrible day. Yes.

    I also thought of how Europeans took over America from the Native Americans -- seemingly as a "right." I find what I know of Native Americans' treatment by the "discoverers" of the "New World" as pretty awful.

    Human slavery in America is just as bad as slavery anywhere.

    And I get sick thinking of the huge crowds congregating to watch lynchings and lynchings and more lynchings of people of color in the USA.

    Those all popped into my head, too.

    I'd rather not rate the tragic qualifications of them all.
      October 10, 2017 7:09 PM MDT
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  • 5391
    The systematic genocide of the Native Americans was the worst tragedy in American history. Bar none. Not only were their lands and goods stolen, and their people slaughtered; but their cultures were erased, and replaced with White Man’s demeaning propaganda and mockery. 

    The slave culture of the Old South was tragic in every sense as well. The treatment of blacks in the decades that followed the abolition of slavery was a continuing disgrace to humanity. 

    As horrible and historic as 9/11 was, it pales to the subjugation and suffering of millions over multiple centuries. This post was edited by Don Barzini at October 14, 2017 6:43 PM MDT
      October 10, 2017 7:38 PM MDT
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  • 23641
    Though I answered before you, we are thinking along some of the same lines. I agree with your answer.
      October 10, 2017 7:45 PM MDT
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  • 5391
    Agree. I hadn’t seen your post before I had written mine. 
      October 10, 2017 7:50 PM MDT
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  • 23641
    No worries. I just wanted to let you know we were similar in our thoughts.
    :)

    I prefer how you worded your answer anyway over mine.
    :)
     
      October 10, 2017 7:56 PM MDT
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  • 17614
    No.  I believe the Civil War was the worst.  Friends killing friends, brothers killing brothers.  It is going to happen again.
      October 10, 2017 7:38 PM MDT
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  • 2327
    The worst in our lifetime, yes. But as others have said in earlier posts, the civil war was the worst in US history. 
      October 10, 2017 8:56 PM MDT
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  • 1326
    Agree, i could not believe my eyes. Nor could i believe the capacity to cause and inflict so much pain and suffering.
      May 14, 2018 11:32 PM MDT
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