You're All Full of Shit

"...the land of the free and the home of the brave."

Those are the words that end our national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner".  Never really liked the anthem. Always preferred America the Beautiful.

Anyways, this line has always bothered me. It's a campaign slogan. A catchphrase. A lie. Can anyone honestly think of a single point in the history of this country in which all it's residents were free? Any period where they all had equal rights? If you don't feel like combing through American history, I'll help you out. You will never find an instance. Not a year, not a month, not a day, not an hour, not  a minute, not a second of equality. What you will find is a long, sad history of discrimination, slavery, and genocide.

None of that sounds very brave. It doesn't sound brave to persecute something you don't understand or refuse to acknowledge. It sounds cowardly. Extremely cowardly. The most blatant discrimination in the country today is directed towards homosexuals. Again,mostly by people who either don't understand or don't care. Simpletons and assholes. It's everywhere too. It's not a blue state vs. red state thing. Unless you are going to tell me that the 45 states that have all banned gay marriage are red states. If so, how did Obama do it?

This whole country is full of shit on this issue. HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO "DEBATE" EQUAL RIGHTS?! And there has to be more than one side to a debate. Someone to say the lunatic idea and another person to validate by actually acknowledging it. People say, well what about civil unions? Marriage is a sacred bond and blah blah blah God and all that.

And using Jesus to squash equality is so despicable.  Jesus entered the homes and had dinner with some of the most despised people in Judea at the time. Tax collectors, gamblers, prostitutes, "fiends of all perversions". He felt at home with them. He spoke to them as though they were equals. He never, NEVER judged them for what they were or where their life had led them. And the supposed "pious and righteous" people of the time hated him for it. He taught compassion, equality, and understanding. He was a hell of  a guy and I wish people understood him better.(he also preached some crazy shit because he was a doomsayer prophet like John the Baptist before him. But that is another discussion)

But that is really what it is at the end of the day. Leftovers from our Puritan founders. A prudishness and a need to legislate and regulate morality. Everyone does it. Some are just more vocal and visible than others.

Well, I'm out of steam. In closing,

Fuck you America.