tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966431931392272000.post3735467160188367335..comments2022-03-19T02:38:17.927-07:00Comments on The Loaded Gun Theory: I Pledge Allegiance To The Flag??Ashley Thizzdalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729312866108614962noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966431931392272000.post-21317571025007200822010-03-12T22:52:36.403-08:002010-03-12T22:52:36.403-08:00And you knew I would come....
I have to admit, I ...And you knew I would come....<br /><br />I have to admit, I never thought about it that way. But I was kinda thinking about this stuff tonight as well, since I drive around listening to conservative talk radio (can't stand the opinions, but definitely more educational thatn NPR or The Bone 104.3 - who the FUCK would name a radio station "The Bone" anyway? Jussayin')<br /><br />We live in a series of contradictions - we are a nation of individuals, which makes us stronger. Does it? There's really not such a thing as a "nation of individuals". You're either one or the other, although perhaps it shoud not be that way. And I think as a nation we were better off as a nation than as individuals...perhaps that's just the pack mentality, but it's true - the PIlgrims didn't come to the US to just exist outside of a nation. They came here to start a nation of their own. <br /><br />Now obviously nations are much different than individuals. As an individual I don't require your allegiance, in fact, if I had it, I would cease to be an individual, right? I'd be part of a small group that relied one the other members for support and/or protection.<br /><br />Like a nation.<br /><br />The truth is we need to commit ourselves to nationhood because its the power of the nationhood that gives us the freedom to work as individuals UNDER that freedom, to walk that contradiction, to bee dat. <br /><br />As for the government dividing us...a fairly astute observation, but the basic tenet of our nationhood is that WE are the government. We still choose who goes in and who goes out, and if it doesn't feel that way, it's because apathy is at an all-time-low. We can't overcome the barriers to enetering into politics because too few of us actually attempt it. When voter turnout exceeds 50% of the US population we consider that "high voter turnout". And why? Because te perception is that we can't make a difference, that as individuals, we can't change the face of our government. But we CAN...once we get out of our own self-absorbent lifestyle and realize that not only does our country need us, but it needs everyone else too. The powers-that-be will remain so as long as we just hand our freedoms over to them.<br /><br />I would applaud your efforts to understand what all the hoopla is about the pledge, and would posit to you the idea that the reason he should understand it is the exact reason why he doesnt have to say it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com