RE: ISIS = American army
May 30, 2020 at 10:21 pm
(This post was last modified: May 30, 2020 at 10:34 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 30, 2020 at 4:57 pm)WinterHold Wrote:That's not how white supremacy works anymore. It's based on perceptions of a denial of pride, not an excess of pride.(May 30, 2020 at 8:01 am)Belacqua Wrote: You know I think the well-justified riots going on in the US are caused by the same thing. There's violence aimed at the poor overseas, and a slightly less bloody violence aimed toward the unfortunate at home. Less bloody because the weapons tend to be smaller than the mass bombs we aim abroad, or more built into the institutions. But it's still violence, and America is built on it. The wealth comes from manipulating and making other people poor.
The local propaganda is more effective, I think. Anglophones still have trouble realizing it, whereas people are more likely to see the evil if they're not quite as near to US media.
I moved to Hiroshima 32 years ago and it was my first time to hear people say that maybe America had done bad things. It was a shock at first. There was a bar all the foreigners went to, and whenever there was blood on the stairs it was almost always because some American had had his first encounter with someone who didn't agree that the US is the world's savior.
People live in fantasyland. I see no sign that the violence will decrease.
(And the fact that people here get pleasure from insulting you is part of that. They have the option of ignoring you if they think you're so hopeless, but they get pleasure from staying and saying snark about you. They like it when they can make someone feel bad.)
Many white Americans -many; and not all- have a 2 main problems:
1-Thinking they are some kind of a better human being -due too excessive pride-
Quote:2-The "bad ass" complex resulting from the culture
Sounds more like the general undercurrent - not specifically murrican. I'll ask again, how much interaction have you had with us soldiers?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!