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Victor_c3

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1. I always say that patriotism and religion are tools used by the ruling elite to control the masses

Reply to jorno67 (Original post)

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 05:22 PM

Sep 2012

The republicans and their beliefs totally support that. By the way, there is no way I believe that if you are a democrat that you aren't patriotic.

The hippies that protested Vietnam were labeled traitors, communist, etc. Why? They weren't true patriots becuase they didn't want to throw their lives away in a pointless war? How does blindly following the ruling elite into mistakes in which you pay with your life patriotic? The hippies were the true patriots. Their vision of America had something to do with freedom.

I said it before and I'll say it again. If our founding fathers and Jesus were alive today, I bet they'd all be living on a commune and smoking pot.

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Here's the real problem! [View all] jorno67 Sep 2012 OP

I always say that patriotism and religion are tools used by the ruling elite to control the masses Victor_c3 Sep 2012 #1

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