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Fri Apr-04-08 10:22 AM
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So tell me ... who here hasn't said 'God damn America' |
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at some time or another. I admit that I have said it on many occasions.
The sins committed these past eight years under the Bushista regime is reason enough alone. But just dig a little further into America's history:
America is and has been the biggest arms dealer
America's support of dictators such as Saddam H. before he became the boogyman :scared: , the Shah of Iran; Ferdinand Marcos, and I don't know how many others.
It would not take any effort at all for God to build a case to damn America for its sins.
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Fri Apr-04-08 10:27 AM
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1. I once lied about being under sniper fire. n/t |
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Fri Apr-04-08 01:06 PM
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30. I once falsely accused a Presidential candidate of lying. But I'm OK now. |
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Fri Apr-04-08 02:21 PM
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Never believe your lying eyes. Right?
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Fri Apr-04-08 10:28 AM
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2. I usually say "Fuck America" since I am an atheist. |
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Fri Apr-04-08 10:29 AM
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3. Not me, I kind of like America - it's the idiot leaders I can't stand |
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:05 AM
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12. I second that emotion!!! |
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:21 AM
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19. What part do like best, how we treated native Americans and continue to do so |
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or how about Black Americans, or how we attacked Mexico so we could steal California from them, how about how we support the tobacco industry and have thirty thousand gun related deaths a year. Maybe it is how everyone must lock everything up at all times because we all know Americans are so very trustworthy..Maybe it is our education system or our Health Care system. I know.. it must be all the extremely violent video games we create for our children...So much to pick from that is worthy of great love of country...
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:38 AM
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22. Something called freedom and the ability to vote and all that |
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:46 AM
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You are a serious Mr. Downer!
Take a look at any country in the world and you can find terrible things about it. Every country of note has had wars, has taken over other lands and people, has engaged in despicable acts at one time or another. What country would pass your test to be worthy of your love?
I have never wished or said God Damn America. I love my country and am proud of it.
And lastly, if you want to bash America, good luck winning in the general election.
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:54 AM
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27. My problem is that, in my mind, it's all lumped together into one |
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big cluster fuck. But don't get me completely wrong, I like America too, but neither will I deny that, taken on the whole, we are one arrogant bastard of a nation.
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Fri Apr-04-08 01:10 PM
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32. Sadly, the people our govt is torturing don't make that distinction. |
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Nor do their families, friends or neighbors.
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Fri Apr-04-08 10:33 AM
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4. I haven't said "gad damn" any country. NT |
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Fri Apr-04-08 01:04 PM
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Fri Apr-04-08 10:35 AM
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5. I can't stand the peer pressure!!! "GOD DAMN AMERICA" |
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there, now I feel like one of the gang. Where's my god damn beer?
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Fri Apr-04-08 10:49 AM
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8. lol lol there are some funnies on this thread. i like the atheists fuck america |
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Fri Apr-04-08 10:44 AM
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Well that's one way of looking at it; on the other hand do you want the President of a country to have such a negative attitude towards that country? God Damn America is a pretty strong statement. Bryant Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:44 AM
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23. I would hope that a President who has such a negative attitude |
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about America ('s past) who bust his or her ass to work to change that negative attitude.
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Fri Apr-04-08 10:48 AM
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7. i have never said gad damn america. first, i am not into damning anything, secondly |
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america is a country,.... land mountains rivers lakes.... what would i be damnin, .... the concpet of america? silliness.
but
to what the minister says,
i hear what he is saying and i dont have issue with it and wouldnt be offended or throwing a fit about it.
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Fri Apr-04-08 10:51 AM
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9. does dog gone it America count? or how about Dang it America? |
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these kinds of post really tap my twiddle!!
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Fri Apr-04-08 10:55 AM
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10. The Shrub regime has nothing to do with America n/t |
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:02 AM
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11. Said it more times than I can count. |
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:08 AM
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13. Not me, I love my country. I am displeased with her govt. |
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:09 AM
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14. I guess that's what god is for - a holy stick to hit others with. |
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:10 AM
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The truth about any county is seldom black or white. I try to view the world and our country realistically and can see that the human condition has caused both good and bad everywhere.
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:16 AM
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16. Not me, I've often, said fuck the republicans or neocons , but not America. |
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:18 AM
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17. The nebulous "America" |
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What does the speaker mean when he says "America"? What does the listener think when he hears "America"? What does Bush mena when he says "America"? What do you mean when you say "America"?
I do not subscribe to the I am America, the identification of the individual with the nation-state. I am that I am.
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:20 AM
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18. Never about the country. The Republicans U.S. and some things our |
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government has done certainly have drawn my ire. The country itself does not.
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:24 AM
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20. I've Never Said God Damn America. |
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:27 AM
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21. Terry Gross interviewed an African American religious studies scholar on "Fresh Air" on NPR. |
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It was very interesting. I guess that the transcript can be found at the NPR website. The scholar noted that the emphasis on Wright's comment was on "damn" - a reference to Biblical passages that talk about God "damning" a group because of their behavior. The scholar stressed that Wright was not intending a profanity. He wasn't cursing the U.S. He was noting that the U.S. government's behavior might make it vulnerable to damnation in the eyes of God.
The scholar also noted that Wright's comments have been taken out of the context of their lengthy, multiple hour sermons in which Wright was making complex arguments that are misrepresented by these little sound bites. Wright's overall message in the sermons was one of hope and repudiation of the very attitudes of which he is now being accused.
As a white person, I have repeatedly defended Wright's comments. In the context of his sermons they are right on target.
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Fri Apr-04-08 11:51 AM
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26. The day Bush unleashed Shock and Awe in America's name |
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and all over my town cars were driving around with multiple flags flying from their roofs and very few of my fellow citizens expressed any disapproval, I may have uttered GD America. If I had heard Reverand Wright back then, I probably would have cried to hear someone voice my concerns about the wrong America (Bush) was doing. I have no problem whatsoever w/ Obama's church. God bless the truth tellers.
Peace.
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Fri Apr-04-08 12:08 PM
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I choose not view my country solely as merely the sum of its pathologies.
It has done many great things and stands for an even greater principle, even if it fails to live up to that principle from time to time.
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Fri Apr-04-08 01:07 PM
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31. Anyone with blood in his or her veins. |
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Fri Apr-04-08 02:25 PM
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I've never said "God Damn America". But then, it'd be an empty phrase, coming from an aethist such as myself :P
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Fri Apr-04-08 03:16 PM
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35. I've never said "God Damn America." And I've never thought it. |
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Edited on Fri Apr-04-08 03:17 PM by robcon
n/t
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Fri Apr-04-08 03:21 PM
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36. Never used the exact phrase, but have certainly expressed the general |
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sentiment a number of times over the years!
Should I include my address so the righteous know where to send the one-way ticket to Gitmo?
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Fri Apr-04-08 03:25 PM
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I have, however, said Goddamn Bush, Goddamn Reagan, Cheney, Rice, etc......
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Fri Apr-04-08 06:53 PM
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38. Please stop! I confess, I confess!!! |
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Edited on Fri Apr-04-08 06:54 PM by Jesuswasntafascist
Now am I to receive twenty lashes with a wet noodle?:evilgrin:
typo, ooops!
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Fri Apr-04-08 06:57 PM
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I say "damn America...when are you going to wake up!?
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