first, i would like to retract my earlier statement about breathing hellfire on the youth of america. now that i am less angry, emotional, and inebriated, i'm going to be a little more rational. blame it on my own youth. :) i still believe that people who are too lazy too vote suck, but i'm not turning my back on anyone.
this morning was a somber one in manhattan. as i entered the subway station, text messages started going off around me. "kerry conceded," said a man walking behind me. another woman says, "dammit!" people were looking at their cell phones and shaking their heads. everyone had long faces.
as i walked further into the station a man was singing bob marley's "redemption song" and strumming an acoustic guitar. his delivery was melancholy yet hopeful. it was powerful and mesmerizing. people stopped in their tracks and just stared and listened, transfixed. normally, this musician would have been ignored or possibly even been deemed a nuisance; however, this morning, he was a ray of hope. a woman was wiping tears from her face. the subway musician was smiling and occasionally pumping his fist in the air.
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs.
i guess you just had to be there. i gave him money for my morning coffee. i could go without it this morning.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
the morning after
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I have watched the drama unfold from The Netherlands. Which isn't a big deal because I am Dutch.
The overwhelming feeling here is one of horror. How can a nation that has been lied to by a non-elected president with shifty eyes and no intelligence choose the same man? 1117 Americans are killed in Iraq where we would certainly find weapons of mass destruction (we didn't). Then we would find members of Al-Quaida (we didn't) and lastly we would create a regime change (we did but what sort of regime are we getting back?).
And then I heard that you didn't approve of gay-marriages. I don't really care if people of the same sex want to get married but what my point is: You are pro war and hate and you are against love and peace.
Strange people those Americans.
be careful with the 'you' stuff. the same feeling of horror was experienced by just under half the people who voted in the election. lots of us were for gay marriage, for civil liberaties, against the travesty in iraq.
basically, this moral values shit is just that -- shit. people voted on their religious values. america is a very conservative country, and one of the most religious countries in the industrialized world. if you want to understand why bush won, that's all you need to know.
i was going to either slit my wrists or move to a nice country like yours where the public values people over things, but hey, i'm an american. i plan to stay here and fight the good fight.
please don't give up on americans. give up on our government if you must, but bush didn't win in a landslide. this country is still divided.
dear deepfreezer:
i am an american, and i didn't vote for bush. in fact, 48% of americans who showed up at the polls didn't vote for bush. one of my staunchly republican friends also didn't vote for bush. in fact, i don't know a single soul at my school who voted for bush.
and since i am gay, i personally approve of gay marriages. most people in my age group do, gay or straight. and most people in my age group did not vote for bush.
we are not part of the "you" you are referring to. in fact, the "you" you are referring to doesn't apply to almost 50% of the voting public.
america is not the borg. we are not a monolithic mass of neurons-pulsating-in-unison "america! fuck yeah!" drones... currently, we are deeply divided. please keep in mind that when you send barbs our way about how bush was re-elected that almost half the people in this country feel the same way you do. america is not lost.
and yes, i do share your feeling of horror. bad times...
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