I’ve been thinking about this amped up conservative rhetoric that liberals and leftists hate America. We all know that’s BS. Right? Except it’s not, and we should respond to it for what it is.

“I love an America I grew up in. I love an America I believe in, that I lived most of my life in. Now, the idea of America that you’re fighting and “winning” for is killing that America I live in, that I love. So you’re right. I hate what you imagine America to be… because it is trying to murder the America that I love. And I don’t use the word “murder” lightly, and I apply it to you. And if that means to you that I hate America… then you’re right! The America you believe in isn’t lovable.”

That’s all.

        • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I’m one person. If being one soldier in an army is power, so is being one vote in a country. If my vote didn’t change anything, neither did my soldering.

          • SuperNovaCouchGuy2 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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            2 days ago

            Your vote didn’t change anything because it was never meant to change anything fundamentally. Just some farce to keep the masses under the delusion that they can change things without collective mass mobilizations. A religious ritual that reaffirms faith in the american capitalist order. Just another cope.

            You being a soldier did in fact help with the maintenance of a fascist army though, sorry.

                • MagicShel@lemmy.zipEnglish
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                  2 days ago

                  Well as I said, killing one another isn’t something I support. Kinda feels like an internal issue, though, separate from everything else you’ve brought up. But while we’re on the subject, I oppose the second amendment because it is used to defend the position that we must accept these murders.