Originally Posted by Vance
Hey, Half/Dreaming, I really think you need to reevaluate your attitude. I mean, every other post you are ranting about America and how we are so tough, and how good Americans will beat down and smash any opressers (or opposers, for that matter) and how your self-condescending attitude towards 99.99% of the world makes you two beers short of what the rest of the world sees Americans as. Now, as long as people are getting that image, they will see all of us in that way. I really do think that a good deal of Americans really, really, really need to get off their a** and try to understand anything. I am so sick of this "whateverman" attitude that results in immidiate rejection, criticism, satire and hate of what we don't understand (or take the time to in the first place) I mean, I appreciate people who take the time to educate themselves, going out of their own way. It really makes a difference when people stop being ranting fat blobs on a couch and can be seen as being trusted with something. Now, America was not made by soldiers, please understand that. America is guarded and protected by soldiers, and if it wasn't for them there would be nothing left of the U.S. My point is people used diplomacy and reason so we wouldn't be risking American lives in the first place. People on a general level were pretty knowledgeable. Now you just have this massive cesspool of stereotypes while we rot in front of the TV. It's kind of a unique thing, too. It is immidiately recognizable. People know about all the mass media "stuff" like: Superheroes, flamethrowers, radioactivity, nukes, choppers, Muslims, and all the other things that barely register in their brain, like history and fine art. Ask any one of these people about Muslims and you'll hear the words "car bomb" "Osama Bin Laden" "turban" and ask any one of these people about Russia, they say "furry hats" "Communists" "nukes" ask them about China, they say "sushi" "Communists" "pandas" ask them about Bhuddism they imitate the lotus position... etc. It is the repeated mass media cliches that reach them, like how all Chinese talk funny, or that Bush has a permanent lip problem, or Muslims all blow themselves up and say "Mohammed" and "Jihad" a lot (what ever those mean AHUR AHUR AHUR I'll make fun of it anyway!) And yes, the infamous, JUST NUKE THEM ALREADY!!! comment that I am so sick of hearing, explaining, and having people forget what I said 2 seconds later when they joke over their beers about nuking the world and forcing freedom on everyone and legalizing drugs and killing all Jews.
Not to sound offensive, but there are more and more people who are amazingly ignorant.
Good post indeed, even though slightly condecending, but you told me nothing that I already didn't know. I am starting to see how I am slowly having everyone turned against me. I am constantly drawn into arguments that make me look like a dick. Also, I NEVER said to just nuke them. You have me confused with somebody else.
Sure, I may be a dick. Screw it. Sure, you MAY be a pussy. Screw it. We all work together to make the image of free people.
You see, what I've done with my life is FOUND MY ROLE. Found something I am good at to contribute to the balance. YOU NEED SOLDIERS. You need somebody to get their hands dirty, and it's better me than somebody that doesn't even want to get their hands dirty. Don't even pretend, any of you, that we would be where we are right now without soldiers, or that we are never needed. And I am damn good at it.
It is not my place anymore to make judgment calls on the philosophies of life and death or politics. I've handed that over to smarter people for now. From my viewpoint, atleast I'm doing something about it while all of you just seem to sit around and talk. No offense, but honestly, what do you do to back your beliefs, except gang up on people like me and UM?
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