world trade center,new york,911,port authority Rachel Maddow: Ground Zero Freedom Tower Stripped of Freedom

Rachel Maddow: Ground Zero Freedom Tower Stripped of Freedom

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Anyone else a little irked by the name? "One World" Trade Center?

written by EndAll

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Maybe Beijing Vantone, the tower's first tenant, didn't like intended name.

written by radx

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Hate to be 'that guy', but I'm pretty sure the word is hallowed, no hollowed.

written by Gabe_b

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>> ^radx:
Maybe Beijing Vantone, the tower's first tenant, didn't like intended name.

Omg, you conspiracy nuts never stop. Why would having the first tenant be a huge corporation from mainland China have anything to do with it not being Freedom Tower? China's stand on civil rights and freedoms is well known and...

... Oh.

written by Payback

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1 World Trade Center does have a nice ring to it. After all, it is a center of commerce first, and a memorial last.

written by syncron

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>> ^EndAll:
Anyone else a little irked by the name? "One World" Trade Center?

If that's the intent of the name, then nope, not irked, not at all. I'm unaware of any other worlds that we've populated, so far. If it is intended to be "One World" as the focus, I think that's a perfect name.

written by braindonut | 8 months ago | CH

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New World Order!

written by talso

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I don't care.

written by jwray

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Seems kind of fitting that "freedom" be stripped away from the name... it's being stripped away everywhere else.

written by Xax

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I'm glad they took the word Freedom out of it. Freedom is a concept, a right and an ideal, and should be discussed maturely and preserved as such. It loses its strength when it's bandied about so frivolously. Anyone remember Freedom Fries and Freedom toast? SO glad that died off. (rolls eyes)

written by videosiftbannedme

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I for one really despised the name. The tower has nothing to do with freedom. It is a center of commerce. The people who died there were not freedom fighters. They were primarily financial workers.
Naming the building the "Freedom Tower" was another example of how that day's events have been co-opted by politicians, the media, and anybody with an agenda other than actually honoring the people who died or focusing on what we should actually learn from what happened.

written by handmethekeysyou | 8 months ago | CH

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