Get out of my country

You heard me, get out. You hate the people here enough that you want them to die. You want the military to overthrow the government, and you don't want the government to offer basic human services, or even to function. You express joy when jobs and opportunities are lost.

You are no patriots. You are un-American. Get out of my country.

Nuisance Industry's diary :: :: The un-American sentiment I refer to has been around for a while, and covered well around here. Today it is easily crystallized by the reactions to the 2016 Summer Olympics selection. Before I describe these reactions, I should note that there are certainly valid arguments for not wanting the Games; here in Chicago, local concern over the budget loomed large over the bid.

That's not what this is about. Today, great joy and celebration greeted America losing the Olympics. This joy was not in the streets of Rio (where celebrations certainly are underway), but in the offices and studios of people who facetiously claim to be patriotic Americans.

It's happening in the offices of the Weekly Standard:

Standard blogger John McCormack published a celebratory post on the magazine’s blog, titled "Chicago Loses! Chicago Loses!." McCormack wrote that "Cheers erupt at WEEKLY STANDARD world headquarters

It's happening in Glenn Beck's studios, where Herr Beck declared the news is "so sweet." In Herr Limabugh's studio, the bloated junkie happily declared this "the worst day of Obama's presidency."

Newsmax, the fascist organization that earlier this week fantasized about a military coup against the president, happily tweeted "ChicagP//n3D!"

We get it. You hate not just our president, but our country. You hate us for our freedoms. You'd rather have our people die that provide them health care that doesn't bankrupt them. You'd rather risk catastrophic damage to the environment rather than doing something about greenhouse gases. You actively fantasize about killing the president and hamstringing government from doing the work of government. (I would have guessed that this Norquistian fantasy would have subsided after you so successfully drowned New Orleans, but that just whetted your appetite for more American blood.) The United States loses the opportunity to host the Olympics, and you're thrilled, simply because you can't stand that the president is a Democrat?

Tell me this, why the fuck do you stay here?

You made us pay for this giant embassy in Iraq. How about we put that place to good use? You all can move there instead of having to live in our country that you so obviously loathe. Then we can complete the business of repairing this nation that you fucked up so badly , damaging our freedoms, our budget, our environment, our standing in the world, and our citizens' ability to keep health, homes, solvency, and jobs. Honestly, it's as if you did it on purpose. Given your hatred of the United States of America, maybe you did.

This isn't about ideology, this is about hate. You are the opposite of patriots. You are sad excuses for Americans, and idiots to boot. If I hated this nation as much as you do, I would go live someplace that made me happier. So I conclude with all due compassion: Get the fuck out of my country.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/10/2/789066/-Get-out-of-my-country.

And take your children and grandchildren with you!

Those of us who were "alive back then" in the 60's remember seeing this bumper sticker calling those who protested the Vietnam War "unAmerican" and "unpatriotic." Time to dust it off -- maybe have a little photo of Beck or Rush next to it to indicate that it's Beck/Rush/etc. who should leave since they hate America so much.

Too bad anal cyst sucking oxy boy didn't serve his military obligation. I would love him in my platoon. Now Beck would only be worth something if he was tied to a tank as an RPG shield.

They do not belong here, they are NOT people I want in my country.

mark

Borneo? They've already got a Cargo Cult.

make a place for them.

To expel them against their will would be very uncivilised. To foist them on others would be unconscionable.

Create a country for them (mid-West?). Just make sure they don't get their hands on any WMD.

Ignorant liberals continue to reassure themselves that "Republicans are finished, they'll never get power again (legitmately)"

Ignorant liberals brush-off glimpses of military coup fantasies

Ignorant liberals had a failure of imagination in foreseeing where Cheney/Bush would take us, have a failure of imagination in seeing where Cheney/Bush wanted even farther to take us, and have a failure of imagination in seeing that a military coup is just the beginning, because they don't know what Operation Condor was or who Pinochet was.

It's a decidedly right-wing "move to Canada" meme that I truly despise. No person, regardless of point of view, has any more a right to live in this country than anyone else.

Their "move to Canada meme" was in response to opposition to the shittiest, most idiotic war that we've see nin this country since the last one we had with motherfucking Mexico. opposition that was being vindicated at the time and is unquestionably correct today.

Telling htem to get out when they are actively and cheerfully endorsing and supporting causes that directly hurt Americans is actually goddamned logical. We don't let in immigrants who want to see dead Americans. Why should we keep natives who want dead Americans?

All of us do, particularly when that speech isn't popular, whether it is antiwar or anti-health reform. I do not agree with the latter. I fully agree that people are dying because of it. But we cannot, as a nation, gain health care in exchange for our ideals.

Man. I hate that there are so many liberals who can't even take their own side in an argument.

I'm almost finished with Jeff Sharlet's "The Family". There's an underground fascist movement in this country, that comprises about half of Congress and the Pentagon. One of their members is even our current Secretary of State. And people are worried about offending them?

I believe in combining the 1st and 2nd amendments. The right to shoot my mouth off.

And yet belittle those different than them at any chance given.

"Open-minded" does not mean "empty-headed."

The thought that insurance companies have a right to profit by not providing the services their customers pay for is wrong.
The outlook that poor people's health plan should amount to "don't get sick" is unacceptable.
Blaming the victim of these conditions for not being wealthy enough is completely invalid.
Celebrating because the IOC decided to not give the Olympics to an American city is idiotic.
Advocating a military coup in the US (or anywhere else, really) is unacceptable
Actively working to prevent the government from meeting the needs of the people is not valid.

I'm not belittling people for being different from me. I'm pointing out that people are fucking wrong.

and the right they have to that view regardless of what it is. They don't have the right to act on that view because it harms others, but they have every right to believe anything they want.

You're basically arguing against a point nobody is making, probably in order to make yourself feel warm and fuzzy for "defending free speech"

Last night a co-worker started cracking racist-ass jokes about Mexicans. He has every right to do so. However I have an equal right to tell him to shut that shit up. I would have also been equally within my rights to talk to my manager about his behavior.

Nobody's stopping him from being racist. They're simply trying to spare their own ears. The right to free speech does not equal the right to force others to hear the stupid shit you're saying.

Seems to me free speech in the main stream media needs to be upgraded considerably to include the majority's viewpoints.

My wife and I sometimes have words.
I keep hoping that someday I'll get to use mine.

They have the right to SAY anything they want. They don't have the right to get their way in this matter. But we do not have the right to tell them how to think any more than they have the right to tell us how to think.

nt

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