Good read, I don't know why people are being so defensive about it. I agree with what the author says about the polarization of 9/11 reactions online. People pretend to be either nihilists or nationalists, which feels redundant to an extent because both sides cynically exploit other people's trauma for the sake of establishing their highly performative political personas. There's no room for mourning in our culture. Genuineness is seen as disingenuous. You're either make memes that joke about 9/11 jumpers or ones demanding that the middle east be nuked.
Performativity is definitely apart of our discourse nowadays. And yeah, grief and mourning in our overall culture is underrated. And the constant memes too...
Good read, I don't know why people are being so defensive about it. I agree with what the author says about the polarization of 9/11 reactions online. People pretend to be either nihilists or nationalists, which feels redundant to an extent because both sides cynically exploit other people's trauma for the sake of establishing their highly performative political personas. There's no room for mourning in our culture. Genuineness is seen as disingenuous. You're either make memes that joke about 9/11 jumpers or ones demanding that the middle east be nuked.
Performativity is definitely apart of our discourse nowadays. And yeah, grief and mourning in our overall culture is underrated. And the constant memes too...