03-14-2004, 11:45 PM
We are in a time where our freedoms are being taken away from us. Our speech is becoming limited, as people on the radio have there's taken away. This has now become the norm of the world. Politicians, in fear, have silenced critics and won elections unopposed. Socialists have replaced the government in Spain. Our speech in America is being limited to positive praise for Bush.
This is not conservatism, nor liberalism. This is the begining of totalitarianism. Our president has chosen to protect us by behaving indiscrimantly to other countries; to play on our fears instead of telling the truth. Our wars are now programmed strategy for attempts at protecting ourselves. We are becoming about as good as the USSR; feeding off of other countries in order to support our own. The USSR was the parasite of socialism; the US is becoming the parasite of democracy.
Whether you are right or left of center is moot at this point; because our country is being run by people who have a totally wacked view of the world in general; as are most of the world's leaders.
We must maintain our ability to debate issues and news, and whether we want to talk about it or not, we must force ourselves to offer opinion on issues. We must not sit on the sidelines when so many others in the world would die in order to say what they want to say. We must debate; whether we are egregiously un-informed or we are outstandingly accurate in our answers. This is how we keep the rights inherent to man, and the right that our country was founded to protect. This is how we stay true to the idea of our nation, and our culture.
This is not conservatism, nor liberalism. This is the begining of totalitarianism. Our president has chosen to protect us by behaving indiscrimantly to other countries; to play on our fears instead of telling the truth. Our wars are now programmed strategy for attempts at protecting ourselves. We are becoming about as good as the USSR; feeding off of other countries in order to support our own. The USSR was the parasite of socialism; the US is becoming the parasite of democracy.
Whether you are right or left of center is moot at this point; because our country is being run by people who have a totally wacked view of the world in general; as are most of the world's leaders.
We must maintain our ability to debate issues and news, and whether we want to talk about it or not, we must force ourselves to offer opinion on issues. We must not sit on the sidelines when so many others in the world would die in order to say what they want to say. We must debate; whether we are egregiously un-informed or we are outstandingly accurate in our answers. This is how we keep the rights inherent to man, and the right that our country was founded to protect. This is how we stay true to the idea of our nation, and our culture.