I can sympathize with this one concerning the "dumb and dumber part". However, a part of me can't help but feel like some people are being very childish about it all. Instead of speaking out and become active for change, they run away. Great, let's leave the land we love because we won't take the time to become active in what our government is doing. We have a damn voice, so can we stop running away from every problem that surfaces?????
I'm somewhere in between. I can't be involved with this government. The current administration hhas nothing to redeem itself. Not one thing, I would be ashamed to be a part of it. Other countries sound better right now. But this country is still set up to be the best, and there is too much here that is too important to just leave it to the people who would waste and destroy it from greed and neglect. So I won't be a part of what's going on, but I will do my best to fight it, and to protect this land from those who are doing so much destruction to it.
There ya go! Fighting in this situation seems like a better solution to an expensive and emotionally draining move out of country. I mean, I want to move to Ireland...but it's not because I am running away from the crap here, ya know? lol
One of the popular saying during Vietnam and really much of the 70's was "America, love it or leave it". The ones who spouted it the loudest (and who are now in the White House) were the ones defining what 'America' was. To say you "loved America" meant that you were for the Vietnam War, for social constructs that limited the roles of women and minorities and for any other legislation that supported Brown and Root (What Halliburton wants to be).
Those protesting (for the most part) were saying "America, love it -- change it). And while they were able to make some changes, there were significant prices paid for them. I cannot say for sure that the same opportunity remains today to be a protester. When the government can declare "legitimate protest zones" and LITERALLY marginalize dissenters it is increasingly difficult to make your voice heard.
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Those protesting (for the most part) were saying "America, love it -- change it). And while they were able to make some changes, there were significant prices paid for them. I cannot say for sure that the same opportunity remains today to be a protester. When the government can declare "legitimate protest zones" and LITERALLY marginalize dissenters it is increasingly difficult to make your voice heard.
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