Oh yes, I am *soooo* unamerican *cough*, page 1
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Topic started on 4-6-2003 @ 01:23 PM by LOBO
I had said (not here, in reality to people around me) prior to the war on Iraq, in a class discussion, that if we went after Iraq, that either: a.) Iraq would come out an underdog and kick our tails back home, b.) It wouldn't be a war, it'd be about as hard as drowning puppies, or c.) That it would be a hunt for revenge on Bush's part - and money gains from the oil.

Once the war was within view, I began protesting it - since war should be a person's last resort, not a first, as Bush used it - and knew that sending our troops to Iraq had no real need, and I knew that we would lose the guys for no real reason.

After the war had started, I began saying that if we didn't end up with Sodamn Insane in our hold by the time we were done, I would completely lose faith in America - not America the nation; America the government.

Everybody I talked to about this said I was unAmerican, that we would wipe Saddam off the globe, and that I should be arrested for not supporting America [in everything the government decides to do].

Now, I was right: we haven't caught Saddam (and for all we know, he's still alive); we couldn't catch Osama; and there was no proof of "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq. However, I am still seen as unAmerican, simply because I chose to think for myself, rather than go along with what everybody else thought - and ultimately end up wrong.

I love how America is "the land of the free" - you're free to express yourself and give your opinions on America --- as long as it doesn't defame the way the country is being run. You do that, and you might as well work for Saddam.

This is such a "free country", that we can't even think for ourselves (especially if it's not supporting America 100%) or express our opinions. We're so free that the majority chooses to conform their thoughts to be aligned with everybody elses, lest they be "looked down upon". Everyone is so afraid of what others think about them, they they're too afraid to stand up for what they truly believe, or what is right -- or even think differently than the majority.

"Love it or leave it" -- why can't we change it? If your car has a flat tire do you say "drive it or sell it"? You fix it right? The U.S. government's motto goes something like "If it ain't broke, fix it 'till it is".

Since it is obvious to me that nobody will ever attempt to change the way Americans in general think, since they're all too afraid of what others think about them - and since I know *I* won't be listened to - as soon as I possibly can, I will perform the latter half of "Love it or leave it"... maybe form my own Empire after I invade Antartica with my army of flying robotic monkey-dogs.

[Moderator(s): Lock this topic if you feel like it, I wasn't really interested in a discussion on the topic, I just decided to write a rant... it's up to you]


reply posted on 4-6-2003 @ 02:48 PM by xaos
Bush is a terrorist.

XAOS



reply posted on 4-6-2003 @ 03:06 PM by Skadi_the_Evil_Elf

LOBO, I completly disagree with you. But I myself would not call you unAmerican, I was call you a badAmerican, in the sense you did not support the USA. You should support you country wheter it was right or wrong. Stand by it allways. Die by it. Now if you called Bush a terroist and acted like Micheal Morre, Susan Saradon, and Tim Robbins Ii would call you un-American.


Actually, this is VERY un-American thinking, Predator. VERY UNAMERICAN.

America was founded on organized distrust, rugged individualism, and braving new frontiers, regardless of risk. It was founded on principles of watered down anarchy. The most Un American thing is to like and trust your govornment. We were founded to be self suffiecnt individualists who always distrusted authority, and criticized just about anything any powerful figure does.

I would not lay down my life to keep alive this Anti American society we have created. I would not die for Bush, for Clinton, for any president before them because this is Un American as well.

Americans gave thier lives in prior wars to protect thier homes, or to wipe out what they considered, (although often wrongfully) to be threats to this state of disorganization we live in. They did not die for thier govornments, for thier neighbors, for thier leaders. They died to preserve a froniter ideal.

If youre a true American, you will always question and distrust anything anyone with power over you tries to feed you and rage and rampage whenever they try to enforce something on you.

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