Most of US culture has a good ring to it..but I find it mostly hollow all the other days..they never live up to their pontificating, it's all about how it looks and the facade..this is how they keep the public brain washed to wave a flag and delude themselves they are the sacrosanct good guys.
I still like the ideas of these traditions and live by what they stand for but I'm not so naive to let that blind me to the reality of the establishment evils. I don't fly a flag or get into any of these America right or wrong sing alongs.
Why so many people trade their own intellectual courage for mindless patriotic masturbation never sees to amaze me.
I'm not a flag waver or US nationalist either. Instead, I get behind or oppose ideas, wherever they come from.
It's like sampling from a buffet of ideas, rather than accepting the prix fixe menu that comes from any individual country or other group (including political parties).
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That said, I do consider myself fortunate to have lived my 50+ years in the US, because it has, thus far, been a place where a person can live in relative peace and prosperity.
Maybe it's ironic that non-flag-wavers like you, me, and Caitlin (from Down Under) are ones actually trying to keep things peaceful and prosperous for the US (and Australia and letting the rest of the world join in).
Yeah spitting in the wind these days has become unsatisfying to say the least..i have been tossed off every single social media platform except YouTube and there i'm effectively shadow banned so i still have no voice because my voice is to scathing for most to have their precious fucking ears assaulted by the fucking truth. when you realize what a shit show this all is its hard to keep ones patience. But some of these social commons i have been canceled from i did NOTHING to break their arbitrarily applied "rules " based censorship..i just made comments that got to the heart of it and could not be disputed unless they LIE.. i got silenced for challenging the narrative...
The US takes (an often well-deserved) beating on this site, but Thanksgiving holiday is a US thing that I can really get behind.
Most of US culture has a good ring to it..but I find it mostly hollow all the other days..they never live up to their pontificating, it's all about how it looks and the facade..this is how they keep the public brain washed to wave a flag and delude themselves they are the sacrosanct good guys.
I still like the ideas of these traditions and live by what they stand for but I'm not so naive to let that blind me to the reality of the establishment evils. I don't fly a flag or get into any of these America right or wrong sing alongs.
Why so many people trade their own intellectual courage for mindless patriotic masturbation never sees to amaze me.
I'm not a flag waver or US nationalist either. Instead, I get behind or oppose ideas, wherever they come from.
It's like sampling from a buffet of ideas, rather than accepting the prix fixe menu that comes from any individual country or other group (including political parties).
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That said, I do consider myself fortunate to have lived my 50+ years in the US, because it has, thus far, been a place where a person can live in relative peace and prosperity.
Maybe it's ironic that non-flag-wavers like you, me, and Caitlin (from Down Under) are ones actually trying to keep things peaceful and prosperous for the US (and Australia and letting the rest of the world join in).
Yeah spitting in the wind these days has become unsatisfying to say the least..i have been tossed off every single social media platform except YouTube and there i'm effectively shadow banned so i still have no voice because my voice is to scathing for most to have their precious fucking ears assaulted by the fucking truth. when you realize what a shit show this all is its hard to keep ones patience. But some of these social commons i have been canceled from i did NOTHING to break their arbitrarily applied "rules " based censorship..i just made comments that got to the heart of it and could not be disputed unless they LIE.. i got silenced for challenging the narrative...