god bless america

[ellajam]

you're all writers, what do you all make of this?

I'm sure there are more legitimate quotes but I've always liked this from a film called The American President:

America isn't easy. America is advanced citizenship. You gotta want it bad, 'cause it's gonna put up a fight. It's gonna say "You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours".

So for many of us it's scary when even a quarter of those polled feel the government should regulate our right to express any opinion.

This is not to deny that a frightening percentage of this country is indeed sincerely racist, regardless of what race they are, and that a frightening percentage believe that their own religion is superior to all others, regardless of what their religion is.

So yeah, we're screwed up, I just don't think this is the poll that shows it.