Serious question.
Why is it punishable to destroy the flag but if you wear one on the 4th of July and you spill beer, barbecue sauce, and body odor on it, it is no big deal?
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Serious question-I dont understand
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America stood for equality, both in opportunity as well as humanly respect. Or that is what I once believed. To me America was the only place in this world where everyone was equal. The laws were just and true, and covered the poor as well as the rich and everyone in between.... If one is a proponent of this view, I would argue, voting is the primary mechanism of consent in a democracy. One choosing not to vote is giving their consent by default
- Olympianmk...
Agreed. And there are countries where government ‘works’ effectively for the people. There are people in the USA focused on ‘fixing’ or evolving us to what is sometimes labeled ‘mature democracy. (Defined as fully informed participatory democracy.... - Julia H...
I think that not-knowing is mostly what we are now. Even if I try to keep up daily with reading the news, commentaries, and political journalists, I know I'm not privvy to most inside political information, and likely wouldn't understand it if I was.... - onI keep coming up against people who don't understand that there were 75 some million people who voted for what's happening in America & in the world right now. My fellow progressives & people on the left have become a bit too angry at all of them, as if millions of people are just going to disappear once things are being run rationally again. We can't hate all of them. I suspect there's at least 20 million wives who had to vote for Trump or else & are probably brainwashed to some extent or another. There's another 25 million who just go along with what everybody around them is doing & never had an original thought in their lives. It actually is beyond me. How many people ended up voting for him.bySassiebrat67...
Washington warned us about "parties" and that the loyalty would be to the PARTY, not for what is best for the Nation. He was correct.
- rockydewyer...
We are self-governed; the Constitution is not our frame, it is our protection, and it is our duty to govern ourselves, within our inalienable rights. We have reached the pinnacle, climbed the mountain, but we have forgotten our root.... - onReality seems less real to me these days. How have we as a society allowed so few to have so much and so many to have nothing? I am 61. I am truly failing in every aspect. My health. My relationships. My finances. My sanity. Every moment is a struggle. I am suffering. Greatly. How did we allow ourselves to make a world that lets a billionaire be guilty of serious crimes against children walk freely freely but send an average joe to jail for unpaid parking tickets? The whole world feels like it has tipped. . Something is shifting.bySassiebrat67...
EXACTLY how I am feeling. I believe gen x was the last generation to live under, be taught of, to KNOW what it means to be moral, have ethics, and to understand what a blessing is was to be AMERICAN.... - Sassiebrat67...
You know, this kind of intelligent, open, honest discussion, critical thinking, should be part of jr and high school curriculum. Right up there with Hystery (purposely misspelt). If it were people would be better equipped to make political, and social decisions.... Read the full post