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On loving / hating America. (lemmy.starlightkel.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz to c/usa@midwest.social

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I've been thinking about this amped up conservative rhetoric that liberals and leftists hate America. We all know that's BS. Right? Except it's not, and we should respond to it for what it is.

"I love an America I grew up in. I love an America I believe in, that I lived most of my life in. Now, the idea of America that you're fighting and "winning" for is killing that America I live in, that I love. So you're right. I hate what you imagine America to be... because it is trying to murder the America that I love. And I don't use the word "murder" lightly, and I apply it to you. And if that means to you that I hate America... then you're right! The America you believe in isn't lovable."

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[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

How does it feel to have helped been a part of an effort to blow browns up in foreign lands for vocational training?

Nothing I did supported any effort like that. The things I worked on might have helped to reduce the mines in brown or foreign lands though.

Was it worth it to help your fellow soldiers invade another country and murder hundreds of people?

The world isn't black and white. To participate in any society is to participate in things you disagree with. If I manufactured car engines or computer chips I'd have contributed more to those efforts. The important thing is I fight to change the parts I disagree with.

What war did you fight in?

I never deployed so none.

Can you sleep at night?

Like a baby.

Fascist piece of shit.

Said to someone who has said, "I am antifa, come at me bro."

Welp, people gonna people.

[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah you are a fascist because you are currently proud of joining a fascist genocidal army to help with its continued existence. The mines were probably in the ground in the first place because of your shit hole country and the army your proudly served in either directly or indirectly causing the conflict. If you truly want to be anti fascist you need to come to terms with this and the fact that your country is an evil genocidal settler nation, and then decide what to do from there. One things for sure you definitely won't be so proud about "serving" anymore.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can love my country and want it to be better. I can be proud to serve my people and fight for better leadership.

[–] SuperNovaCouchGuy2@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago

You served your ruling class and shareholders by helping clean the floors of the SS headquarters. You fought for suffering and genocide in the third world.