Comments on: … One Heterosexual Nation, under God, with Liberty & Justice for Straight People

By: bozh

bozh — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:27:52 +0000

5 yr olds r tabula rasa. they believe or evaluate as true anything any authotarian teaches.
this is actually happened. my wife lifted her hand for permission from her elementary teacher to pee.
he told her to sit dwn. she peed her pants. she was never the same again.
so strong was her respect for or fear of authority that she simply did not go to do this natch.
i had been not much better in responding to authority. i responded w. rage and swearing.
but still feared the authrity. so strong can indoctrination may be.
yet many people balme the victims of authoritarianism. thnx

By: AaronG

AaronG — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:46:06 +0000

”The other day I found myself at a Veteran’s Day observance that included the Pledge of Allegiance. I stood up, put my hand over my heart and recited the oath.”………………it was at this point that you lost me. I’m appalled that you can construct an entire article discussing petty side issues, yet you gloss over the fact that you actually recited the Pledge of Allegiance like a sheep!

By worshipping a militaristic power like a drone, you effectively condone the slaughter of thousands of defenseless people. I’m sure the target audience of your article can defend themselves with the lobby they currently have. I’m not kept awake at night wondering how your gay family friend soldier feels about his situation with the ”brass”. However, I am worried sick about the Iraqi/Afghan kid he is about to line up in the crosshairs.

By the way, are terms like ”serving his country” and ”risking his life” actually just sanitised oxymorons for ”killing”. One’s sexuality is irrelevant. This is the military, it’s a killing machine. They don’t sell meat or bake bread like normal jobs – they are in the business of killing people. Your friend must have known this before he enlisted – don’t paint him as the innocent party. The ”we must support our troops” mantra is a dangerous one.

Your article is hypocritical. Metaphorically speaking, you give Adolf the Heil Hitler salute, then you comment on the fact that his uniform is not pressed correctly.

By: bozh

bozh — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:57:02 +0000

i’d say 98% 0f amers r not deluded but misled/disinformed. i’v been there.
if one swims in ocean of lies, one may not ever reach the shore. thnx

By: DavidG.

DavidG. — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:43:23 +0000

John Hatch, you speak harshly but truthfully. You expose the lie that is America, the fantasy world that most Americans live in.

How can 300 million people be so deluded about themselves, about their country? Are they all on drugs?

http://www.dangerouscreation.com

By: TheFafon

TheFafon — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:15:02 +0000

In most of California, many government organizations have opted out of saying the pledge of Allegiance, primarily due to the “Under God” phrase (which everyone recites incorrectly, but that is irrelevant). Thus, we are mostly removed from one of the last remaining relics of Fascism and WWII Imperialism that pervaded our nation.

By: John Hatch

John Hatch — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:23:14 +0000

Since the first Pilgrim stubbed his toe on Plymouth Rock, America has been in a state of self-delusion. Land of the free? What about the Native genocide and slavery, followed by decades of lynchings and racist repression?

American ‘Exceptionalism’? Exceptional for what? For pretending you’re the greatest while you invade and pillage and murder. Spend trillions doing so while denying a social contract.

You brainwash your children from the earliest age and force them to join the cult of magical thinking that most never escape. And then you place your hands over your hearts and recite nonsense. Home of the depraved.

By: bozhidar bob balkas

bozhidar bob balkas — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:21:48 +0000

pledges, constitutions, other writs cannot be understood, only interpreted.
and even in interpreting a writing of any kind whatsoever, one is not independent but interdependent.
in fact, no human being is an independency but an interdependency.
once people learn that they r interdependent and not a by-a-thread-hanging (in)dependency, we just might obtain a positive change. thnx