

Freedom Fries were an absolute legendary self own, an archetypal self own, an all too poignant metaphor for the crass fear-based manipulation and prideful chest-beating by which a nation was led to act against its own interests by fundamentalists, oil executives, and good old fashioned war profiteers
…can you really not see any relevance here?








I barely have one, and really don’t have much of an idea what yours is or why there’s an argument here! Clearly and simply my ass. People are so damn angry and afraid right now, across the world. The closest thing I have to a “stance” here is that things are really dang bad in the US right now and it sucks to see our bullshit pushing/dragging the rest of the world into fascism along with us. Boycotting a band who’s music and ideals you both enjoy because of what country they’re from is right up there with changing your snack food names as far as self owns go, that shouldn’t even be on the table. Anywhere near the table! A flag waving, anthem singing sense of national pride is not a good thing. It is a weapon every state uses against its people. The other guy’s “I guess we’ll make an exception for mackelmore this time” reminded me way too much of the shit we were hearing here 20 years back about any countries that didn’t want to come party in Iraq with us, and it’s like. Fuck, not again, why can’t we learn, please let someone do better
The “probable result” I’m so damn frustrated by is continuing to emulate our behavior as a response to our behavior and ending up with concentration camps of your own in another 20 years. People are people, nations are bullshit, I don’t have any answers and it’s past my bedtime. Hold hands with anyone you can and try to build a better world