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What happened to nationalism in this country?
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2Xtreme21
Diamond Member
What is there that I should be loyal to? And what makes the US "leagues above" everyone else with its "shining example of democracy"? The last 8 years has shown me that no matter what the majority of people in this country want, the government's gonna do whatever the hell it wants.
Yes, you mean like the Democrats in NY that are concerned about our calorie count and think it should be displayed in restaurant menus, the fact that trans fats are bad and should be banned, that we shouldn't smoke -- anywhere -- so lets tax the hell out of cigarettes, that guns should be taken away to prevent some kid somewhere born of stupid parents who left the gun laying around from killing himself?
Seems like the Dems care about a lot of things, except liberty and personal responsibility.
Meanwhile a Republican would have no problem responding to the above examples of harm done to a person with a simple "hey, that's what you get for being stupid". But I guess the hands off / live and let live approach is too cold and calous for all you sensitive lib types, right?
Throckmorton
Lifer
How does requiring restaurants to show nutrition info harm personal responsibility? Does your personal responsibility involve some magical way of knowing the nutrition info for meals?
Brainonska511
Lifer
Thank you redundant department of redundancy. Of course it is his opinion :roll:
One thing that gives me some sense of pride, though I hate pride in general, is this old lady where I live.
I don't know her name, but i see her at least once a week during the warmer months of the midwest walking along a 5 mile stretch of a few roads on my way to work. She's fairly old, 80's i'd guess, and makes her way slowly up and down the street waving American flags, smiling and waving at passers by. I have no idea what her deal is, but it's obvious she loves this country. She really looks like a russian immigrant or something, walks very slowly and fraily, carrying a folding chair and American flags, more of a waddle than a walk, and stops a lot.
She sits on the sidewalk and just waves her flags and smiles. I'd really love to just stop and talk to her sometime, but I never have taken the chance. At first I thought she was selling flags, but i've never seen a sign of any kind and never seen anyone talking to her.
I don't know her name, but i see her at least once a week during the warmer months of the midwest walking along a 5 mile stretch of a few roads on my way to work. She's fairly old, 80's i'd guess, and makes her way slowly up and down the street waving American flags, smiling and waving at passers by. I have no idea what her deal is, but it's obvious she loves this country. She really looks like a russian immigrant or something, walks very slowly and fraily, carrying a folding chair and American flags, more of a waddle than a walk, and stops a lot.
She sits on the sidewalk and just waves her flags and smiles. I'd really love to just stop and talk to her sometime, but I never have taken the chance. At first I thought she was selling flags, but i've never seen a sign of any kind and never seen anyone talking to her.
I'm gonna go ahead and say the lack of a 'goal' or collective challenge for the American people. We're at our best when we have a reason to unite and work together. Look back at the challenges of past generations. WWII, the Space Race, the Cold War.
What came after that? Nothing that bears the weight of any of those events.
What came after that? Nothing that bears the weight of any of those events.
"Man, I see in fight club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see squandering. Damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war... our Great Depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off."
Zenmervolt
Elite member
Except that we're a Republic.
ZV
manowar821
Diamond Member
Nationalism is a disease.
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