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stone space's Journal
stone space's Journal
July 29, 2016

"UnAmerican"

What does it mean for Democratic delegates to be called "unAmerican"?


http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8058955

This is getting ugly.

Why are we going down this road?



We don't have to do this.

We can win without stooping to this level.



July 29, 2016

I can still remember the daily repeated chants of "USA! USA! USA! USA!" outside my office window.

(X-Posted from GD: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028058868 )

It was decades ago, in 1980, but the memory is still crystal clear.

Students and others would gather every day outside the administration building, which was right next to the math department here, wave flags and shout, "USA! USA!".

There was a restaurant here in Ames, with a sign posted, "Iranians not welcome here", first on small card, and later in huge red letters on a giant billboard next to the restaurant.

One day, a friend, who was married to an Iranian, was in an university dormitory elevator, and 5 guys got into the elevator with her.

They shouted "USA! USA!" at her.

By the time the elevator door opened, my friend's body was cut and bruised, and she had several broken ribs.

These were ugly, ugly times here in Iowa, and whenever I hear such chants, I am filled with fear.

July 29, 2016

I can still remember the daily repeated chants of "USA! USA! USA! USA!" outside my office window.

It was decades ago, in 1980, but the memory is still crystal clear.

Students and others would gather every day outside the administration building, which was right next to the math department here, wave flags and shout, "USA! USA!".

There was a restaurant here in Ames, with a sign posted, "Iranians not welcome here", first on small card, and later in huge red letters on a giant billboard next to the restaurant.

One day, a friend, who was married to an Iranian, was in an university dormitory elevator, and 5 guys got into the elevator with her.

They shouted "USA! USA!" at her.

By the time the elevator door opened, my friend's body was cut and bruised, and she had several broken ribs.

These were ugly, ugly times here in Iowa, and whenever I hear such chants, I am filled with fear.

July 28, 2016

What is a "no more war asshole"?

And why do so-called Democrats use that epithet to describe us?

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