Reply #5: I wonder if America EVER was a great country.. [View All]

[amber dog democrat]

4 generations ago there were numerous, numerous lynchings in the South, 5 or 6 generations ago we were winding up the siezure of the American West from its indiginous inhabatants, How long did it take for women to have a right to vote and is there any real creedence to the principle of racial equality ?

I think of how we compromised ourselves in Vietnam.

Going beyond that, the expansion of an American empire into the former holdings of Spain, the siezure of Hawaii, and who knows how many coups, and right wing dictatorships supported covertly and otherwise by the US after the Second World War...has me wondering if our actions in these areanas are truely justifiable.

I think we are just a big, clumsey empire swayed at times from one stance to another under the influence of political expediency. I feel I am a voluntary expatriot who just happens to live within the US. When I go abroad, I tell people I am Canadian.

That said there are corresponding positives. It is so ironic that the founding fathers had ethical and moral principles that have made it just that much harder for theocratic despots to just take over entirely. Ever the optimist, I am aware we are in dangerous times, but feel the current trends will not ultimately prevail. History is strewn with Savaronolas. Mussolinis, Alexander the VIths, Napoleons, and Idi Amins.
Eventually they die, are deposed, or they self destruct.

Sorry for the rant, Yes I agree that Dominionists and Xtian Fundie Nitwits are annoying as they are arrogant and ingnorant. I am guessing they were always around. Again sorry for the rant. Too much coffee.