I am so sick of hearing people decry our country.
Patriotism and the practice thereof became a silent issue not too long ago.
Maybe for good reasons, there were a whole lot of flags flying.
But this other extreme, this amplification of Michelle Obama's statement that
she was FINALLY proud to be an American is sickening.
If your not proud to be an American the door swings both ways.
We welcome the sick and oppressed and the tired and the poor and we will gladly
slam the door on the butts of the spoiled rotten who are blinded by the light
that is America.
tommi boy and gabbi wrote"Posted by: "Gabrielle Obre" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gabrielleobre
Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:24 am (PDT)
>
> You said this:
>
> "As Americans we are
> constantly distracted by the superficial, disconnected from our
> communities, we avoid genuine involvement with our local governments
> and we provide wealth to the companies that screw us in the end. We
> are intellectually lazy and narcissistic. We care only how we look,
> what we drive and how that compares to others.
>
> I blame American anti intellectualism for a big chunk of that and am
> amazed that "elite" could be considered a derogatory remark."
>
>
> So you made a sweeping generalization about a group to which I
> belong. You even anticipagted our counter-arguement (elitism) in
> your post.
>
> Did you really expect me, as part of the group you criticized, to not
> respond?
>
> You posted something not too long ago about fascism stopping speech.
> Yet here in practice, on this board, you try the same.
>
as you can clearly see, i included myself in that group. i am an
american tommy so don't throw that rovian tribal bs at me. i have two
family members that fought in the am rev and a couple in the civ war.
they did not fight for what this country has become. we have become
soulless, narcissistic and yes.. ignorant. not stupid. we need to move
to a world centric perspective or we are not going to make it.
paris hilton gets more media play than any elected official. football
players make more money than teachers. there is an ad in the TCN for a
"G-Spot shot". WE are pathetic, and WE can be so much more.
throw the elite label at me all you want, i won't go into the many
reasons why its absurd to throw it my way. and you didn't prove i said
i was smarter than everyone else and now you also have to prove i have
tried to quash anyone from posting. i have been begging for
discussion. i even suggested we all hang out.
i know its rough and all with the white christian male pedestal
crumbling. i have a picture in my mind...this old angry white guy
standing on a rock. limp and shadow boxing. clinging, clinging,
clinging (thats the same as wanting wanting wanting). come on down
tommy, it'll be ok and its going to be so much more FUN!
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