What is a real American? You may think that you are, but you probably aren't (at least according to the GOP). But let's take a look at the real issue. Why is it that patriotism is measured by how much you are willing to suck America's proverbial dick? If you criticize America you are un-American by 'their' standards. Why? Is that the way of the Founding Fathers? I would contend that a real American is anyone who speaks for what they believe in, even though it could get them killed!
So why can't we all be real Americans? Because the GOP thinks that only small towns have values and that big cities are moral drains on society. This is a fear tactic, because all areas have good and bad (almost to an equal degree). You can't live your life in constant fear. This is not a productive manner in which to live.
Why do we want a country divided into real and fake? Can we all just be Americans and embrace our differences? America was not built on everyone thinking the same way. The Founding Fathers had many very heated debates regarding public policy and the Constitution. This didn't just happen overnight. We have to encourage rational debate because without it we are a nation of blowhard pundits. Just because we have differing viewpoints doesn't mean we can't, as rational adults, learn from one another.
Even Palin is tired of her own 'real America' rhetoric. Or as I like to call it...BULLSHIT! And if you still don't believe that others feel this way, check out these two blogs....here and here.
Cricket deserved better.
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A true test of love is one in which you love something or someone enough to approach it with devasting honesty and a discerning eye. If you cannot express your true feelings about something, negative or positive, then you do not love it. There is a certain group of people who believe that their country/religion/institution can do absolutely no wrong. We call them terroists.
Exactly. If you really love of America, you will tell it that it needs to get its act together. You wouldn't just let it slip away into a pit of despair. Your last two lines were great. Blind love, or love without honesty, is dangerous and gets people killed everyday...thanks Bush and Cheney!
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