Ω{just a thought. There's still a strong contingent of men around I think of as the 'VFW's. Because that's one of the more visible groups of the early days of all this, for me. Vicious ignorant heartless men, with no clear vision of the future or the past, who schemed and dreamed their brutal fantasies, and in that invisible way, joined in with the evil that was so strong even then. Obviously most of the WW2 boys are on their last legs or gone, but their spiritual heirs are around and vocal. And they have this reaction to some of my stuff here and at d.b. because it seems 'anti-American'. But that's only because they have stolen America, what it is and what it was, and I'm full-bore opposed to that. Fighting over it doesn't seem to help much, and I'm not too keen on the stock phraseology of 'This is my country too' or whatever. It's not. I haven't felt a part of anything American since I was 17. But I am part of something else, something that you can't be an American, a real one, a true one, without being part of. And just like the sacrifices that get made on the path to higher things, sometimes the ultimate sacrifice, we may have to give it all up so that what comes after us has a clear shot. That's where it always broke down for me, there just weren't too many of those vicious punks willing to give up much of anything personal to get anything accomplished. For all their scorn and smug ballistic arrogance. So, short form, I'm not anti-American, I'm anti-you, and you're all wrapped up in the flag.}
posted by Juke at 6:42 PM [edit]