I'm sorry everyone. I have neglected my blog and it has just sat here....so sad, and I'm sorry for that. Today though I read something that thoroughly enraged me. I apologize for the picture you all may have gotten in your head when I said that, like "whoa! Taylor, enraged?.....SCARY!!", but I that is how I feel right now and so I am back on my blog to let it all out and hopefully get you all just a bit fired up and maybe even a little ticked off? Maybe. It depends on how you are feeling, but anyway here it is.
I got home from church and I was eating lunch at the table with my dad when he showed me an article about Daytona State College and how they are airing a program call Al-Jazeera (English version). This program is, as I said, the English version of an Arabic program that airs in the Middle East. The program contains anti-American sentiments to say the least and it is being broadcasted using taxpayer dollars! It is, in my opinion, completely outrageous! You are going to see a lot more exclamation points and a lot more intense writing in my future blog posts so I hope you all stick with me and don't get too scared.
The defense of this program is coming from very highly educated individuals who say that it's important for us to see things from different perspectives and be more open to opposing views, even if we don't agree with them (don't you love having super smart people to shed light on what us simpletons are too slow to comprehend?). Got that? Us hate-filled, gun loving, war mongering, Americans need to become more openminded to the viewpoints and beliefs of other countries and cultures. Because you know, it's not like we have been the first ones to respond to any major disaster that has happened anywhere in the world in the past 100 years (Haiti). It's not like we have been the guys who come in and settle conflicts between nations and bring peace back (WWI, WWII, Viet Nam, Dessert Storm, Iraq and Israel). And it's not like we are the only country in the WORLD that is completely free in allowing any person from anywhere to come live, speak, work, worship, and prosper as they see fit. No, that's not America.....is it? Wait a minute! Yes it is!! in case you all have ever doubted this or have been deceived by the public media, we are the good guys! Remember! "On Nation UNDER GOD (whether you like it or not), indivisible, with LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL" Hello!! That's America! That is US!
So here it is. This is all you need to really take away from this: There is a program that Daytona State College is airing on their school televisions that is anti-American and it is being broadcasted using taxpayer dollars. I have a problem with that and I hope you all do to. I don't care who says what about America, it could be the flippen Pope for all I care, I DO NOT CARE. America is the greatest nation in the history of the world. There has never been one like it and in all probability never will be again. That is all I need to know, and I do know it. More than that I believe it and no one is going to change my mind. We have screwed up, we have caused our share of problems, we still do and are going to continue to mess up, but we are still America and that is what this is really all about. Anti-American sentiments being broadcasted on public airwaves for all of the young people in the Daytona area as well as 10 other counties to hear. We don't need that! We have enough idiots in our own government that are trying to take us down as a nation, we don't need to be hearing other countries talk about how much they hate us and how evil we are (when we aren't).
You can believe whatever you want to believe, you can say whatever you want to say, and you can hold your own point of view, those are rights we have. But when you start tearing down the country that has given you those rights, then this is what I say: "Get out! Adios! See you later! We don't need you, and we don't want you!" I don't care who you are or what you believe. If you abuse the rights given to you by this great nation and use them to tear it down, then you welcome, no, more than welcome to leave!
We don't need to "hear from different people what they think of us (Americans)" and we don't need to see things form other viewpoints. I don't know when this started, but that seems to be the new thing in politics; "Be more open, more accepting, more compassionate". You can perceive, analyze, and see very clearly what a point of view is all about just by looking at it and seeing what kind of fruit comes from it. You don't need to look from that point of view yourself. You can be compassionate to people without agreeing with them or even liking them too. That's a command in the bible. And you can accept someone for who they are and still not agree with them and not like what they believe. It's unbelievable that we have come to a place where we think we all need to get a little slice of every religion, every political system, and every culture just so we can "understand" someone.
So there you go. DSC is in the wrong trying to air this program and so is anyone else who airs in on public stations. If they pay to have their own private channel then there is nothing we can do to stop them, that is their right to free speech, but on public channels, not happening!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
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Oh, Ian. You, enraged over something like this? Unthinkable. However, you're absolutely right. Our church did a study on this a while back, and I was discussing it with my mom. Ex. The Israel-Lebanon conflict, why did the media take Lebanon's side? Idiots.
ReplyDeleteThis is why I don't pay too much attention. Gets me angry.
P.S. You forgot Korea. ;)
It's not for everyone, I wouldn't suggest reading my blog if you don't like how you feel afterwards =). I did forget Korea! Darnit! I knew there was going to be something I forgot. =P.
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't get mad at your stuff. You actually make sense. It's when I hear stuff like say, the program you're ranting about, that I get mad.
ReplyDeleteHahaha well then in that case I suggest you stop listening to the radio, stop reading the paper, stop watching TV, and read my blog exclusively for your news input lol. Just kidding, that would be stupid =P
ReplyDeleteFirst of all.... You wouldn't believe my face when I saw this on Buzz... It was like an OH-MY-GOSH-NOOOO-WAYYY!!! face. I'm so proud of you. LOL
ReplyDeleteSecond... Right on!! This is such a great post. I love hearing from you on this stuff. You totally should come with us to this Economics conference next year. We went a few weeks ago, that's why we were in Atlanta, and it was the most eye opening experience, politically and economically. So yeah, you should come. It was amazing.
Hahaha yeah I just read that article and was so furious that I had to go write it down or I would explode lol.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a blast! I saw the pics and then saw that that's why you were up there and was totally jealous =P. So yeah we should do that next year if we can =)
Well, I agree with half of what you said. It is wrong for them to use tax payer dollars for something like that, but on the other hand you can't say "Yea I want the Constitution to cover my right to go out and evangelize, but not their right to do what they want" its a fickle thing but necessary. Also, yea we did save the Europeans butts in WWII and the SK's in Korea, but unfortunately we lost Vietnam and stayed out of the Israeli Seven Day War, because they kicked everyone's arse in 7 days! But yea....I get ya, just uh...try googling facts....Trying not to be harsh here! I do agree on some points.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I don't believe there was any Dessert being eaten during the Desert War ;)
Sorry, one more thing. I don't agree on the point about "we don't need to be accepting of other viewpoints" well, maybe not. But the line between not accepting and bigotry is a thin one, just be careful because you don't want to flirt with it. But yes I know its frustrating that it seems they get special treatment and all, but just remember that we have whole channels on television dedicated to Christianity and Conservative Politics (Fox News I'm calling you ouuuuut!) and here I am repeating myself, the Constitution has no clause. What we get, so do they. Welcome to America :)
ReplyDeleteBro, you're blowing up my comment box! haha. I don't know quite what you mean with the evangelism thing, but my point with the wars and all that was just that I am sick of people making us out to be the bad guys. And my bad on the Israeli thing lol. I meant to put Afghanistan and Iraq (meaning the War On Terror. Wow, thanks for catching that. And I knew I spelled that wrong! Dangit! I was just writing and not even stopping though haha.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the viewpoints thing goes I was trying to say that we don't have to conform to see from another viewpoint. Everyone has the right to believe and say what they think, and that means that you don't have to believe what someone else does. So even though it's your choice to listen to or watch a program, airing it on a public station to the youth (or somewhat youth) or our nation is just wrong to me. That's what I meant for my main point to be through this whole thing. It just got sidetracked on a bunch of stuff. But yeah, thanks for the comments, man and thanks for the corrections. I'll be a little more thorough in my future posts.
You're the man! Keep preaching it!
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