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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 02:41 AM
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Hate America?
Where do these idiots get this idea? They fling it off the cuff as if it means something. "Liberals hate America."

Uh...no.

We hate some of the shortsighted, wrongheaded, callous strategies the Right (Wrong) Wing espouses, the ones that leave thousands of American soldiers dead or maimed, tens of thousands of innnocent people dead or wounded, and returning vets without proper care because their benefits have been sliced to ribbons.

We hate the policies that pretend to consider education important, while underfunding any program that actually promotes educational opportunities.

We hate the policies that refuse to allow a living wage to American workers, yet subsidize what amounts to slave labor in other parts of the world.

We hate the fact that the media goes along with all the lies and disinformation this administration spews like vomit after sixteen straight shots of rotgut whiskey.

We hate that, despite having some of the best medical technology in the world, many Americans are one critical injury or illness away from abject poverty...or a lifetime of debt.

We hate the fact that some people use a religion that was originally meant to be all-encompassing (remember the compassion of Jesus Christ and compare it to the lack of compassion in those who claim to follow Him) to slander and spit upon people who don't see things the same way.

We hate that some people think it's better to be polluters than the kind of people who want to STOP pollution. We hate the fact that some people think it's better to be the folks throwing mercury into the water, or noxious filth into the air, than the kind of "treehuggers" who want to stop this sort of stuff.

No, we don't hate America. We just hate the sort of Americans that make us regret sharing a country with them, who do things in OUR name that we're not proud of, and say things that make us want to scream in absolute disdain "WE DIDN'T AGREE TO THIS!"

We LOVE what America could have been--the ideal that evil, selfish people have stolen away...we love the REAL America, not this changeling child those people have tried to put in its place.

Talk about the ultimate bait and switch.
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darkmaestro019 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 02:44 AM
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1. I'm extremely glad to see that the rumor of your sabbatical
was apparently greatly exaggerated. Unless my exhausted brain is thinking of a different poster.

Welcome back!
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 02:52 AM
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3. I took a two day break...
LOL.

I needed some down time. I think I'm back now.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 02:48 AM
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2. I don't hate America
I do strongly dislike the people who wrap themselves in the flag while p*ssing all over the Constitution and all it stands for.
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undergroundpanther Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 02:55 AM
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5. I don't hate America
I hate SOME americans(sociopaths,bigots,corporate criminals,con men,christian fascists for a start) however.
I hate SOME parts of american culture.
I hate what some parties in america do overseas in the name of
"full spectrum dominance"

I hate America when it calls itself Empire and behaves like Imperial Rome.

It's nothing personal,I HATE all empires!

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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 03:05 AM
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6. You don't like PNAC?
What's not to like about them? :sarcasm:

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KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 02:54 AM
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4. They attack with straw man
arguments. That way they set OUR agenda too.
We just have to publicize what they are really doing. If we can get through the media.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 03:22 AM
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7. You got 'em pegged correctly.
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-04-06 06:40 AM
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8. Dear Uncle Stanley:
This is the answer that people like me have for the things people like you are always saying.
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