It's okay, we know that conservative Democratic Arizona base will appreciate her sinking the miderms.
I've said it before about similarly absurd things but honestly - could there be a stronger indictment of American capitalism than the fact that this total boob is as successful as he is?
At this point, why is this women allowed to continue to draw air into her lungs? She seems to relish sabotaging any progress Dems have made thus far, someone needs to put her on her ass.
Wonder if anyone has tried to tie America's insane over the top nationalism/patriotism over the last 20 years to how veterans were treated when they came home from Vietnam. I think there's a real thread there where the generation that's been calling the shots felt either slighted for how they were treated when they came home or ashamed of treating those soldiers that way. I know a ton is racism but I'd argue the support the troops in Iraq/Afghan shit, in particular, is a boomerang from Vietnam.
Pelinisquadpost Going down a Harriot rabbit hole and he is a fantastic writer. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/my-mother-found-dr-seuss-book/618225/
I read one time that calls for patriotism are usually a sign of substantive void. It happens when there's no better reason to back actions of a nation. Not sure that really pertains to what you're saying or maybe it does but it's always rung true for me
I was parked a few blocks away from campus, walking to the Iron Bowl, the biggest college football rivalry in America, Dead
This absolutely nails it. “America is the greatest country on Earth!!” *Checks a whole bunch of statistical measurements where America is clearly NOT the best*
Reagan’s macho version of foreign policy was a direct response to the Vietnam loss and the Iran Hostage Crisis. The country went batshit crazy with patriotism in 1983 when we invaded Grenada and overwhelmed an island with about 75,000 in habitants because it was a win. Same for the first Gulf War. The Vietnam Memorial in DC kicked off a series of movies, music, and otherwise pop culture zeitgeist in the mid to late 80’s acknowledging the legacy of the soldiers there. The support the troops sentiment has been there ever since.
Well the Vietnam generation that's been in power mostly got deferments, just off wikipedia there's Clinton, Bush, Cheney, Romney, Sanders, Trump, and Biden. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_evasion_in_the_Vietnam_War You're making too much of it imo, it was just something easy for Dubya to tap into post 9/11 with the help of Cheney and Rumsfeld plus the conservative media.
I'm not necessarily saying leadership but more in the mood of the generation. I think they were able to tap into it post 9/11 because boomers were primed to make amends for how soliders were treated in and after Vietnam.
Patriotism most can’t be defined, but when people (usually people of color) do something that is t perceived as “patriotic” there are calls for them to respect the flag. Anyone who questions Simone Biles’ love of America should be deported to the sun. She has done more in the name of the American dream than anyone criticizing her.
Any black American that participated in any Olympic endeavor does more for this country than every Toby Keith song ever written.
I think it's a reasonable argument that the most patriotic thing a person can do is show they actually care about and stand up for the ideals of a country. People don't criticize things they don't care about or want to improve.
I think it’s much broader than Vietnam. Especially in the Rust Belt, a big factor toward hyper-patriotism is the idea that unfair foreign competition has caused the auto, steel, and other manufacturing industries to decline. It manifests itself in support for the troops, for sure, and the Vietnam experience is a big part of that. It’s broader than that though.
fwiw the narrative of vietnam vets being spat on and called baby killers etc is almost completely debunked theres near zero concurrent evidence of it AND the instances of vets being spat on comes from vets who are anti-war activists getting spit on by pro war activists. then it got inserted into a bunch of media at the time as anti-war protesters spitting on vets. it just became a manipulated narrative to squash dissent against the war ('s as it was also spun up as propaganda during the gulf war), similar to how people still chant "support the troops" as a half handed attempt to prevent dissent.
I know I play the racial card on this a lot, but every day blacks people don’t wake up and burn this bitch down for revenge is a testament to our love for what this country can be, even if it never delivers for us.
While you're not wrong, talk about stray bullets when the Rust Belt is blaming...Iraq and Afghanistan for (what is mostly) their own lack of innovation, competitiveness, and will to adapt.
You make these broad statements of debunking and ignore numerous personal anecdotes. Did all veterans get called names at the airport, of course not. Only a fraction did, but it did happen. In the 1970’s, many airports were public spaces without a whole lot of security except at the actual plane gates. Anyone could be there, from Hare Krishnas splitting donations to traditional street performers looking for a crowd. Anti-War protesters were at a lot of airports for these same reasons and they were hostile to many vets returning from service. There are literally hundreds of reported lawsuits against governmental and quasi-governmental airport authorities for restricting access to these spaces in the late 70’s and early 80’s, largely in response to the type of circus that could be going on in air terminals prior to restricted access.