You're not too cynical. I also doubt the existence of the anti-war movement. Like you said, you've got to do something more than just protest.
So, in our last big presidential election, all the big so-called anti-war groups supported Kerry, whose plan to get out of Iraq is suspiciously similiar to Bush's "surge". End the war? No, he wanted to expand it. Yet, they supported him, anyway, and did so over supporting people like Dennis Kucinich who has always been anti-war. The "anti-war" movement in America is so debased that the obviousness of supporting an anti-war candidate never seriously occurred to them.
I'm not saying that they'd be a legitimate movement if they hadn't supported Kerry, I'm just saying that they're not even doing such trivial things as supporting actual anti-war candidates. They simply do nothing to bring their strength to bear, in any meaningful way, on the people who promote this war, functioning as an arm of the Democratic Party to try to keep as many anti-war Americans voting for pro-war Democrats as long as possible. Needless to say, I have deep disgust for this cynical tactic.
And you're right about American Idol. The difference between American politics and American Idol? Your vote is counted and counts!
I am also with you about the whole privilege of white suffering. It's like the 700,000 or 1,000,000 Iraqis killed during this abomination don't count, but a blond guy dies! Whoa! Stop the fucking presses! It's sick.
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So, in our last big presidential election, all the big so-called anti-war groups supported Kerry, whose plan to get out of Iraq is suspiciously similiar to Bush's "surge". End the war? No, he wanted to expand it. Yet, they supported him, anyway, and did so over supporting people like Dennis Kucinich who has always been anti-war. The "anti-war" movement in America is so debased that the obviousness of supporting an anti-war candidate never seriously occurred to them.
I'm not saying that they'd be a legitimate movement if they hadn't supported Kerry, I'm just saying that they're not even doing such trivial things as supporting actual anti-war candidates. They simply do nothing to bring their strength to bear, in any meaningful way, on the people who promote this war, functioning as an arm of the Democratic Party to try to keep as many anti-war Americans voting for pro-war Democrats as long as possible. Needless to say, I have deep disgust for this cynical tactic.
And you're right about American Idol. The difference between American politics and American Idol? Your vote is counted and counts!
I am also with you about the whole privilege of white suffering. It's like the 700,000 or 1,000,000 Iraqis killed during this abomination don't count, but a blond guy dies! Whoa! Stop the fucking presses! It's sick.