I think something needs to be cleared up. You seem to think that because I abhor the Republicans, I like the Democrats or think Clinton was a good president. On the contrary, I despise the Democratic Party (they're much too conservative), and believe Clinton to be a joke. Both parties persecute drugs, cater to corporations, maintain a bullying foreign policy, and are dominated by Christians. To paraphrase Gore Vidal, the only real difference between the parties is that the Democrats are cuter and prettier and more willing to make small compromises when the poor or the black or the anti-imperialists get out of line, and the Republicans are a bit stupider and more aggressive. So, there's no need to bash the Clinton administration...you're preaching to the choir. I'm not laying sole blame on the Republicans for the current nightmare, but on the American political system as a whole, which only allows for aristocrats or populists who

I'm just saying, you're dismissing my ideas on the grounds that they are not my own, that I am a mindless victim of liberal fascism and its prevalence in the failed education system. My ideas come from inconsistencies I notice in day-to-day life, books I have read independently of the school system (which never gave us anything really radical to read), and a mishmash of places. I don't know what education systems you're talking about (based on your age, you've never been educated in one), but where I come from the schools indoctrinate in the way of honouring the troops, respecting authority, being sexually modest, etc. I'm going to show you the respect of assuming that your views are your own and not those of your educators or the media. I expect the same in return. I know it's very popular nowadays to discredit any idea deemed liberal by blaming that damn liberal media or that damn liberally fascist school system, but it cuts no ice with me. We're two intelligent human beings discussing our opinions, and we shouldn't need to do that.

I don't keep trying to tell you your ideas aren't your own, that they come from FOX News or the pro-military propagandists.

I slam all patriotism because it is a harmful disease that breeds pride, arrogance and wars, in that order. To protect their values and way of life, people all over the world are willing to kill.

I refuse to put into context the story behind my foolish words? How's this...all the wars in the Middle East are about economic ulterior motives, protecting the tyrannical Israel, and keeping the Western values boot firmly on the face of other peoples who may resent the arrogance. Decades of oppressive, blood-sucking foreign policy got its retaliation with 9/11, which became the excuse for the horrendous war crimes that followed. The U.S. government is the most tyrannical and dangerous entity on this planet (they're mildly democratic towards their own people, but impose their imperialism on the rest of the world), and they are supported by patriots incapable of seeing through the bullshit (though they claim to see through the "liberal indoctrination" that somehow still results in wars, prohibition, economic and cultural imperialism, corporatism, and undying allegiance to Israel. I've yet to figure that one out--the "liberal indoctrination" doesn't seem to be working very well).