America is not great. There have been great Americans. Chief Joseph was a great American. Huey Newton was a great American. Howard Zinn was a great American. There have been great Americans. But America, as a nation, is not great. It is genocidal, homophobic, imperialistic, racist, corporatist and immoral. I’m not being dramatic. It doesn’t help to sugar coat. The things this nation has done are destructive to the point of fantasy.
I’m not proud to be an American. I’m not proud to have been born inside an imaginary casing. To be proud to be American would be to be proud to be right handed. To be proud to be a citizen of the United States would be to boast an affinity for chance. I’m not proud to live in a place where you are called illegal for simply being. I have no pride in a nation which conducts/supports/triumphs the conquest and pillage of other nations resources. I cannot champion a state which relies unquestioningly on a document drafted by wealthy-racist-white men.
America is only a place. A place I happen to live. A place where good men and good woman have lived. America is also a place where destruction and hate have prevailed as ruling ideology.
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Intense post. I really enjoyed reading it and you make a rather valid point: there have been great Americans, but America is not great. Interesting blog. Oh and poetry sesh; I think so ;).
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