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9/11 Compare And Contrast

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Terrorism can be considered to be evil, but could there be an attack of terrorism that is eviler than another? Many, many terrorist attacks have happened from since the beginning of time to now. The two that is going to be compared will be 9/11 in New York, and the recent attack in Charlottesville, VA. As 9/11 is a well-known terrorist attack to the United States of America, it can be implied that 9/11 was the worst and most evil terrorist attack there has ever been, when in reality all terrorist attacks are evil, but deciding which one, Charlottesville or 9/11, was the evilest will be difficult.
The terrorist attack named 9/11 was a very traumatic day for America. The morning of September 11th, 2001 was just like every other morning in New …show more content…

On Saturday August 12th, 2017 there was a “Unite the Right” rally planned. Protesters were gathered to express their opinions on the removal of the statue of General Robert E. Lee, a confederate icon. At 1:42 p.m. a speeding car flew through the crowd injuring 19 innocent people and killing a 32-year-old woman. The car then drove backwards and fled the scene but was later found. The 20-year-old man was arrested for murder in the second degree among other charges. Although some may complain, this attack was officially considered an act of domestic terrorism. Others may say that it is just a hate crime but Bill Nettles, the former United States attorney in South Carolina says, “The point of terrorism is to spread fear, the point of a hate crime is to inflict hate on one of the specific groups that is narrowly defined in the statute.” This event that was happening at the time and place of the attack is considered one of the largest white supremacist events in the United States history. The event lasted all weekend but on Saturday the protesters where clashed with counter-demonstrators. It is unsure why this 20-year-old guy decided to crash into these people at this rally but it is known that he had strong political views and that he did not agree with this protest. Again, either way anyway can look at this situation, there will never be an acceptable to do purposely kill and injure

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