Quote Originally Posted by ermitonto
You have to distinguish between the American government and the American people. The American government is a bureaucracy of self-serving aristocrats, while the masses are just trying to get on with their daily lives. People accuse me of being anti-American because I don't think bigger cages and longer chains is enough, because I criticize the government which is replacing malevolent leaders with slightly less malevolent leaders, as if I were somehow opposed to the entirety of America and the 280 million people inside it.

I'm not. America is a beautiful place, Americans are generally nice people, and we have accomplished tons of things we can be proud of, but the current bureaucracy is not one of them.

that's what ive been trying to say to people.

all i get are accusations of being some kkind of freedom-hating tinpot canadian terrorist hell-bent on spreading the maple syrup way of life across the globe