It strikes me as extremely odd that some "Americans" are so un-American in their thought and in their lives. How can this be?
Granted, I neither believe nor subscribe to everything politicians present as American. Nor do I equate politicians with being the ultimate representation of America. At the bottom of it, they are ALL politicians, racing to see who raises the most money so the winner can cater to particular interest groups and lobbyists. The plight of American and Americans is not at the top of most politicians' mind, even though it may appear as so.
But, I do not throw around my un-Americanism because I simply am not un-American or anti-American. A lot of people in this country do not realize how fortunate we really are, and I will put this into a historical context before I get to those ridiculous American-born anti-Americans.
Let us start with the American Civil War. Despite the fact I am from Chester, VA (was once part of the Confederacy), I do not for one moment wish the Confederate States of America would have succeeded in dissolving the Union and becoming a free confederation within the United States. If not for Union victory in the Civil War, America could very well have turned out much like the Soviet Union, a fractious mess with no direction. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there remained countless countries with no particular direction nor proper means of government. And we still see today how former Soviet blocs are continuously failing at meaningful and successful government.
We, in America, do not have to wrestle with violence and upheavel day after day like much of the world. I.e. - Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, South America, India, China, Pakistan, North Korea, and the likes. Violence, unless you have been comatose the past 50+ years, is a staple of day-to-day life in the above mentioned countries. America is very peaceful and everyone has the opportunity to live in a peaceful country, though some choose to be counter-productive to society and choose to ruin it for the rest of us. We simply do not have the day-to-day violence in the streets like most troublesome countries have. Granted we have the inner-city gangs and other forms of organized crime, but we do not have suicide bombers disrupting our lives at every chance.
Which brings me to the meat of my reason for ranting. That being those un-American Americans. Sit in a college class on politics, well, sit in ANY college class and you can identify some of these un-American Americans. In one of my classes, one such student professes to be anti-democratic as well as anti-American and does so on a daily basis regardless of the fact that the class is NOT "Why I, as an American, hate America" or "Liberal America Discussion." Keep that stuff to yourself. Why? Not just because I do not want to hear it, but because it will prevent you from conveying your own idiocy.
With that said, if you do not like America and profess to be anti-American please leave and do not let the door (that has provided you with a peaceful, free environment since the day you were born) hit you on your way out. Where then will you go?
If you are anti-democratic that leaves you with destinations such as North Korea, China, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, the Sudan, and what else am I missing? Saudi Arabia... what else? Well you get my point.
If you are simply anti-American that leaves you with Canada (a border country), France, Venezuela, Russia, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, or any of the countries listed in the above paragraph.
Have fun deciding what your new home will be and once you reach your destination, just stay there. And once you find out that America really wasn't as bad as you thought it was, just remember you are anti-American and therefore, America is not the proper choice. Once you leave because of your anti-Americanism please do not return, just stay out because we do not need you.
On the other hand, for those around the world who are stuck in a bad situation and have suffered (truly suffered) in and want to escape from such anti-American and anti-democratic countries, America's doors are open. Welcome to religious freedom, welcome to political freedom, welcome to peacefulness (relatively)!
Speaking of religious freedom in America, that too has struck me to a vast degree. Though we profess religious freedom, it is becoming more commonplace to displace the Christian. While Christians in America have accepted religious freedom and therefore have not hampered those who practice Islam or Judaism or Hindu or Wicca or whatever they practice, from practicing their religion and building their places of worship.
Increasingly today, the Christian is the brunt of most attacks. Christians are becoming targets the way they did in the early days of Rome. The only difference is we will not resort to the underground practice of our religion, despite the efforts of many Liberals to thwart Christians. We can no longer pray openly in schools nor can we say "under God" while saying the pledge, yet the Liberals do not make the same rules and regulations for those of other religions. Oh and the world has come to an end because a statue of the Ten Commandments was placed outside a court building on the day of its inception many years ago. Today, that is unacceptable to Liberals.
Let me just point out to them that our country was founded upon religious freedom as one of its primary principles. Yes I am a Christian, but I do not wish for those of other religions to not be able to practice their religion when and where and how they want. You Liberals need to keep America in its context. You Liberals need to hearken back to the founding fathers' principles of democracy just as they have written it. Freedom for all can be found in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. Though some of the founding fathers meant "Freedom for all, except _________," it is not written that some should be excluded. And that means freedom for Christians as well.
Beware of these anti-Americans, these anti-Democratic people, these extreme Liberals, these un-American peoples and institutions for they will be the death knell for America and democracy.
