I lay claim to this one. "The foundation of liberty is those willing to defend it. The structure of liberty is having the education to exercise it." It's mine!
No, seriously, for those who saw my facebook update earlier, I had seen one of those bumper stickers, I believe it was the cost of freedom one, when it and the thank a teacher, thank a soldier quote went through my mind, and I had an Epiphany.
We can shout patriotic slogans all day and night, we can talk liberty and justice for all, we could all enlist tomorrow, but that still doesn't mean we are truly free. In fact, if all we do is parrot quotes and follow the crowd around us, we aren't free, we're no better than over sized talking lemmings. "When the blind follow the blind, they shall both fall into a ditch." Bill O'Reilly, Bill Maher, John Stewart, Glenn Beck, they're all entitled to their opinions. Opinions which were formed based upon their personal experiences, upbringing and education. We the People, however, can't just listen to one or two, but need to listen to all sides, quit parroting ideology, and make sound judgments based on the facts at hand.
Watch an hour of Fox News, then an hour of CNN, followed by an hour of BBC. Maybe find some time for Al Jazeera English in there on the internet. Don't just quote ad nauseum your one personal favorite opinion personality. Listen to what they all have to say. And quit wasting their time with emails telling them how much they suck. If you're going to email them, state an opinion about an issue, and make it worthwhile. I might have to start naming people who send in nasty emails that are a waste of time on this blog.
No, seriously, for those who saw my facebook update earlier, I had seen one of those bumper stickers, I believe it was the cost of freedom one, when it and the thank a teacher, thank a soldier quote went through my mind, and I had an Epiphany.
We can shout patriotic slogans all day and night, we can talk liberty and justice for all, we could all enlist tomorrow, but that still doesn't mean we are truly free. In fact, if all we do is parrot quotes and follow the crowd around us, we aren't free, we're no better than over sized talking lemmings. "When the blind follow the blind, they shall both fall into a ditch." Bill O'Reilly, Bill Maher, John Stewart, Glenn Beck, they're all entitled to their opinions. Opinions which were formed based upon their personal experiences, upbringing and education. We the People, however, can't just listen to one or two, but need to listen to all sides, quit parroting ideology, and make sound judgments based on the facts at hand.
Watch an hour of Fox News, then an hour of CNN, followed by an hour of BBC. Maybe find some time for Al Jazeera English in there on the internet. Don't just quote ad nauseum your one personal favorite opinion personality. Listen to what they all have to say. And quit wasting their time with emails telling them how much they suck. If you're going to email them, state an opinion about an issue, and make it worthwhile. I might have to start naming people who send in nasty emails that are a waste of time on this blog.
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