RDB- Role Reversal

In my first response to D’Souza, I asserted that it was absurd to place such strong blame for 9/11 on any one group of people. I said that it was unjust and too extreme to blame the liberals, and that the real reason for the attack was somewhere in the middle. Now, however, I take the other stance . . . that of D’Souza’s. Yes, the terrorist attack on 9/11 certainly does have many reasons. But in reality the Muslim hatred of America was “based on legitimate concerns, some based on wrongful prejudice, but all of it fueled and encouraged by the cultural left” (D’Souza 2).

((Conservatives and Liberals both come from an America united under a common flag and believes, but they have grown apart to represent opposing values))
While the conservatives and liberals seem quite similar in their roots as American founding ideals, there actually exist extensive differences. The split between liberals and conservatives divides not only politics into democrats and republicans but also all of society along moral lines. Key to the argument is the word “cultural.” The ideas of conservative or liberalism in the political arena has filtered down (or perhaps seeped up) to every level of society. They are mindsets that control how people make decisions and shape their lives. Synonyms of liberal include “generous,” “free,” “loose,” “broad-minded.” In my mind “liberal” is very positive since I am receiving a “liberal arts” education. ((Picture: people call education liberal)) On the other hand “conservative” brings to mind words like “traditional” and “moderated.” The positive connotations of words associated with “liberal” commonly confuse people when used in connection with democratic government. Yet as D’Souza points out, it is important to note that “liberalism and democracy are quite different [. . .] Liberalism means individual rights [while] democracy means majority rule” (D’Souza 258). I can thus see how D’Souza so forcefully defines the difference between conservatives and liberals.

((A broken heart is invisible but it can feel physical))
Indeed, although an armed terrorist still strikes fear in the hearts of everyone present, we must really fear liberals as they poison society with a war against our government. I know that emotional issues like relationship drama, gossip, death, bullying, and family separations can often be just as painful (in a different way) as being sick or scraping a knee. En emotional injury, in fact, is more frightening and daunting since it is invisible. One can usually fix an injury or take medicine for an illness, but the correct way to heal a broken heart or a low self-esteem is a mystery. Moreover, sometimes emotional pain manifests itself through physical illness. A friend of mine, for example, recently broke up with her boyfriend and became sick. Even the other week when my roommate coldly refused to acknowledge my existence, I at first mistakenly attributed a virus I had to the emotional pain she was causing me. The cultural left possesses the same mind set as such emotional problems. The invisible influences of anti-government, immorality, and rebelliousness of the liberals eat away at the health of our nation. Like D’Souza says, “the left derived from 9/11 the lesson that American foreign policy was to blame and therefore America was the enemy” (D’Souza 232). It seems that the American government faces an enemy abroad and at home.

Blame, therefore, can in fact be placed more heavily on one group than another. The large divisions that liberals cause in America definitely contributed and continue to contribute to the reasons the terrorists decided to attack on 9/11.