President W. Bush, like his father and Reagan, were made presidents by the Religious Right, and it is that mindset that has molded American morality and made it a biased nation. Blacks are beaten in the streets while being called the N-word (e.g. Rodney King)(Floyd strangled). Reagan had ordered UC Berkeley Vietnam war protestors to be beaten in the heads with billy clubs, and all they did was object to the harsh Communist-like rule that drafted young men into a war that they didn't deem right or just. They could have become conscientious objectors, and lose their freedom in prison (where young men with long hair are prized after dropping the soap), or they could have fled to Canada.
Patriot Act - Wikipedia
Link (Patriot Act....which isn't patriotic): When the US was under attack by terrorist Al Qaeda (also known as ISI and ISIS), President George W. Bush wanted to quickly protect Americas (some of whom were shuddering in fear, wondering if the next attack would kill someone that they love). This unprovoked act of war prompted W. Bush to push for the Patriot Act, because he didn't want law enforcement to be shackled by politically correct measures. At airports, W. Bush wanted Arab terrorists quickly identified. So, if we use politically correct means to hunt for Arab Terrorists, we must also hunt for a little blonde girl who is with her parents, flying across the country to receive a girl scout award. W. Bush wanted to focus on the Arab terrorist who is shouting "death to Americans" and sitting in his airplane seat lighting his shoe bomb on fire (by the way, that charred his crotch and didn't explode, and he was apprehended).
From my standpoint, the Al Qaeda won. Their purpose was to not only tear down the twin World Trade Towers, but to tear down America, itself. Tear down the fabric of American law that makes it special among all other nations of the world. Tear down the democracy and protections of rights, and make America into a tyrannical country that it has now become (akin to the old Soviet Union under its harshest dictator).
The war in Iraq killed about 1,000,000 Iraqis, and they had no link to terrorism or Weapons of Mass Destruction, or the other so-called Axis of Evil partners (North Korea nor Iran).
By killing a million (including innocent children and women and other noncombatants), Americans felt a bit safer. Is that what God tells us to do...."thou shalt not kill"....kill to feel a bit safer, though the enemy is not evil? "thou shalt not bear false witness"...call them the "Axis of Evil" and describe some of their leaders and military men as "doctor of death" or "doctor evil." Does God tell us to attack before we have a clear understanding of complicity in crimes against us? God wants us to be patient. God wanted us not to attack Iraq, while He (God) got the enemies for us....if you have faith, you'd let Him.
The Patriot Act is with us for good (there was no sundown clause, as requested by ancient senator Byrd). It was made to get the al Qaeda, but persists because it is handy against drug dealers (though, with covert phones, drug dealers are doing better than they ever have, and narcotic use is up all over America, and slimy underworld thugs are raking in money hand over fist, while addicting Americans.
Things were no better under President Clinton, who had appointed a drug tsar to supposedly stop drugs from the Medellin Drug Cartel of Colombia, South America and take power from Pablo Escobar's ilk.
Even Mexico is getting better at catching narcotics traffickers, as the arrest (two days ago, by Mexican authorities) of the wife of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman attests (El Chapo is the largest narcotics trafficker in the world).
American Indians still protest Whites taking their land.
Blacks protest their ancestors being kidnapped from Africa, brought to America against their will, chained, beaten, renamed, and removed from their culture and language, and working hard while their White masters played. Yet, America elected a half-Black president (Obama), not to mention half-Black Abraham Lincoln (illegitimate son of a slave and Mrs. Lincoln--as love letters and DNA attest).
Asians think that Whites flee from their neighborhoods, and there is little offered for Asian actors.
Hispanics feel discrimination, especially because of a wall at the border.
Some described America as a melting pot, where all races got along and all shared freedoms. Others described America as a salad, where various races preferred their own company so voluntarily segregated. Today, however, it is more like a toxic mixture of diverse cultures, snapping and snarling at one another.
Though religion was very much part of the problem, could religion be the solution, as well? Could religion heal the wounds and bind the nation as a cohesive whole, once again? After all, we are all God's children.
but I believe that'll be changing soon. I've been going to therapy and have started processing my past. I am only 19. My childhood was terrible due to abuse. My life has really just begun
