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And ain't it America?
Sep. 4th, 2008 11:37 pmI'm sickened and saddened.
You can put a spin on political campaigns. You can twist things that politicians say. You can speculate and draw conclusions about underhanded connections between candidates and lobbyists. WHATEVER.
You can't fake this:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/4/95717/90720/674/586129
Look at the videos. LOOK.
TAKE A GOOD FUCKING LOOK.
Look at the girl with the flower getting pepper-sprayed in the face... and then again as she's walking away.
Look at the guy in the wheelchair trying to recover from being pepper-sprayed, too. And see the guy who was pushing him away from the mob? Arrested for trying to "incite a riot".
Look at the people on the ground who have already been beaten and abused, YELLING for medics, and being refused even as much as assistance from a passerby by the armed police squad.
Look around on YouTube. There's more. Lots more. All the pictures and video clips from the mess around the Republican National Convention - all the stuff being ignored by the mainstream media. LOOK.
This is what America has become. Fucking Tiananmen Square, with a pinch of American facade.
This isn't what I wanted to defend when I spent seven fucking years of my life wearing the uniform of an American Soldier. I thought this was the land of the free, home of the brave.
FUCKING BULLSHIT.
TAKE A LOOK.
This is what our nation is becoming. This is what our nation HAS BECOME.
I'm angry. I'm furious. I'm distraught and dismayed. I'm angrier than I've ever been in my life. What's worth fighting for, if not for freedom? And if that freedom has been trampled by the very people charged with upholding that freedom... what's left? Why am I even an American anymore? What was my service for? What has our country become? How did we let this happen? Why are we STILL letting this happen?
If you live in another country - Canada, England... ANYWHERE - send links to your media. Send links of these videos. Let people KNOW that this is happening in the United States. If I have to embarrass my country to defend the freedom of our citizens, then SO BE IT. People need to know what's happening. The world needs to know. This is insanity. This needs to stop.
You can put a spin on political campaigns. You can twist things that politicians say. You can speculate and draw conclusions about underhanded connections between candidates and lobbyists. WHATEVER.
You can't fake this:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/4/95717/90720/674/586129
Look at the videos. LOOK.
TAKE A GOOD FUCKING LOOK.
Look at the girl with the flower getting pepper-sprayed in the face... and then again as she's walking away.
Look at the guy in the wheelchair trying to recover from being pepper-sprayed, too. And see the guy who was pushing him away from the mob? Arrested for trying to "incite a riot".
Look at the people on the ground who have already been beaten and abused, YELLING for medics, and being refused even as much as assistance from a passerby by the armed police squad.
Look around on YouTube. There's more. Lots more. All the pictures and video clips from the mess around the Republican National Convention - all the stuff being ignored by the mainstream media. LOOK.
This is what America has become. Fucking Tiananmen Square, with a pinch of American facade.
This isn't what I wanted to defend when I spent seven fucking years of my life wearing the uniform of an American Soldier. I thought this was the land of the free, home of the brave.
FUCKING BULLSHIT.
TAKE A LOOK.
This is what our nation is becoming. This is what our nation HAS BECOME.
I'm angry. I'm furious. I'm distraught and dismayed. I'm angrier than I've ever been in my life. What's worth fighting for, if not for freedom? And if that freedom has been trampled by the very people charged with upholding that freedom... what's left? Why am I even an American anymore? What was my service for? What has our country become? How did we let this happen? Why are we STILL letting this happen?
If you live in another country - Canada, England... ANYWHERE - send links to your media. Send links of these videos. Let people KNOW that this is happening in the United States. If I have to embarrass my country to defend the freedom of our citizens, then SO BE IT. People need to know what's happening. The world needs to know. This is insanity. This needs to stop.
