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May 23, 2008
16 Military Wives - The Decemberists ... BRILLIANT!
I suppose I run the risk of being "un-american" by loving a video like this, but if you think that, may I suggest a subtle "shove it up your ass!"
Take your blind nationalism and Reichstag-burning dogma and sell it to someone who gives a shit. Your false machismo, adolescent insecurity, and contrived patriotism are flagrant reminders of the failed theory of might makes right.
Dissent is patriotic. In fact, American patriotism is born of dissent. When Jefferson, Madison and the gang gave George the First the big "vaffanculo!", they did so with love of country (their own country) in their hearts. They saw that things were not going in a way that best for them and their burgeoning home on this side of the Atlantic and they rebelled. The resisted. They dissented. And the world is better off for it. Amen.
And right now we are in need of some thoughtful dissent again. Our principles have been compromised. Our liberty has been curtailed. And our position in the world has been diminished by a slavish adherence to capitalism and ideology. The great Neo-Con experiment needs to be terminated.
Our liberty and freedom doesn't depend upon our (perceived)correctness and our ability to cram our will down the throats of the rest of the world. It depends upon our courageousness ... the courage to act responsibly; the courage to act wisely; and, above all, the courage to know that, more often than not, it is more courageous to avoid a fight than to start one.
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