January 20, 1961. John F Kennedy is sworn in as president. He gives his inaugural address and closes with:
We've become soft in many ways, watch too much reality tv, and aren't really asked to sacrifice *that* much.
It's easy to "support our troops" or wrap ourselves in the flag. Hold guns and say Murica! Or chant "USA"
There's no real sacrifice there. Send our troops somewhere and mourn those that are killed and talk about the enemy and how we'll get them!
When there's a killing spree domestically, it's a tragedy and we send those "thoughts and prayers" but don't take action because that somehow would impact our way of life.
So here we are faced with an unseen virus and we're asking for actual sacrifice. Stay home. Wear a mask. That undercuts everything that the MAGA movement stands for. We can't wrap ourselves in the flag. So the enemy becomes anyone who tries to enforce those rules.
And you hear Patrick Henry bandied about. They're willing to take a risk and take actual death (that could be avoided) for the sake of "liberty"
Because they were sold the idea that we can overcome anything through superior fire power and a belief in god.
If we had an actual leader, maybe s/he could help make the message clearer. But this guy just fans the flames for sadistic fun - and profit.
Short. Sweet. To the point. That's the beauty Dave's iPhone.
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country."
"My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."
That is a call to civic action. To betterment of our country. To really and truly making America great by being a part of something. Of sacrificing.
And flash forward to 2016. The nincompotus starts selling a bill of goods of making America great and protecting "our way of life". It's in no way the same. In fact it's the opposite.
We've become soft in many ways, watch too much reality tv, and aren't really asked to sacrifice *that* much.
It's easy to "support our troops" or wrap ourselves in the flag. Hold guns and say Murica! Or chant "USA"
There's no real sacrifice there. Send our troops somewhere and mourn those that are killed and talk about the enemy and how we'll get them!
When there's a killing spree domestically, it's a tragedy and we send those "thoughts and prayers" but don't take action because that somehow would impact our way of life.
So here we are faced with an unseen virus and we're asking for actual sacrifice. Stay home. Wear a mask. That undercuts everything that the MAGA movement stands for. We can't wrap ourselves in the flag. So the enemy becomes anyone who tries to enforce those rules.
And you hear Patrick Henry bandied about. They're willing to take a risk and take actual death (that could be avoided) for the sake of "liberty"
Because they were sold the idea that we can overcome anything through superior fire power and a belief in god.
If we had an actual leader, maybe s/he could help make the message clearer. But this guy just fans the flames for sadistic fun - and profit.
Oh how I miss Obama, or jfk who tried to make the world a little better. Heck I even miss W, who led through a difficult period in the best way he could. The key is that he tried to lead.
Watch jfks speech. It's inspiring even today.
Short. Sweet. To the point. That's the beauty Dave's iPhone.
