I fear we, as a nation, will not recover from this. I used to be optimistic about the general nature of people but as of late the ignorance, hate, and nationalism all neatly packaged as patriotism has burned me to a stub. As long as there are bread and circuses (hot wings and NASCAR) to distract us those in power will continue to rape and pillage The Constitution and The Bill of Rights.
this is really really really unfortunate and disappointing.
on another note, this served as a reminder to put commondreams.org on my rss whatever-it’s-called.
I fear we, as a nation, will not recover from this. I used to be optimistic about the general nature of people but as of late the ignorance, hate, and nationalism all neatly packaged as patriotism has burned me to a stub. As long as there are bread and circuses (hot wings and NASCAR) to distract us those in power will continue to rape and pillage The Constitution and The Bill of Rights.
Hey, I like hot wings!
As for the news in question, it is unquestionably terrible and further proof that this book is more prescient than ever…