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"the 9/11 Memorial Shopping Mall" I think those words should not be ever strung together, and as they are it kinds of says way too many things about a culture
by sonnyblarney 7y ago
"the 9/11 Memorial Shopping Mall"
I think those words should not be ever strung together, and as they are it kinds of says way too many things about a culture that would use them as such.
Not to condemn all of New York, but the implications of that sentence is way beyond kitsch.
Maybe this is the way NY has always been: it changes, it hustles, it moves. It's never been about a quaint kind of perfection. Maybe it's always been a kind of a rugged, slightly aggressive New World place that maybe should offend the senses of anyone expecting a more refined serenity?
So maybe that's just NYC.
I'm sure a guy like Trump and his tastes is not some random outlier ...
- jdavis703 7y ago> "the 9/11 Memorial Shopping Mall" I was disgusted the last time I went there. I was there with someone who lost a family member in 9/11. They were clearly still emotionally burdened by their loss, even in 2017. Yet just a few feet away people were taking smiling selfies next to a literal memorial! I've been to many public memorials, and they are somber places. The 9/11 memorial feels like an almost fitting monument to crass 21st century capitalism.
- mikeash 7y agoLots of memorials in DC are on the Mall. Maybe they just misunderstood here....
- sonnyblarney 7y agoMall (classical), not 'Shopping Mall'.
- ghaff 7y agoI assume they were referring to the Oculus which is a high-end shopping mall building in the rebuilt WTC complex.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoI've seen people taking selfies there with an insta approved smile. Word from a local university professor is that many of the current young adults who grew up in NYC don't even know what 9/11 is.
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