You sound like a twit

(no offense)

maybe i am but this thread is meant for sarcasm

*bites* k :)

TRUCKS

America, fuck yah!
Coming through to save the mother fuckin day yah

so... so it goes "America fuck yeah?" just like that? ok, here i go...
Rebelled against the really mean British people, and they were all freed from stuff. fuck yeah.
how was that?

America Fuck Yeah
We rebelled against the Brits before some guy told us to. FUCK YEAH!

guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M

patizcool + 1

@ mongoose998

It goes: "America, Fuck Yeah! Comin' again to save the motherfuckin' day, yeah! Freedom is the only way, yeah! Terrorists, your game is through. 'Cause now you have to answer to, America! Fuck Yeah!"

That is just the pseudo-chorus.

"...nation-ness, as well as nationalism, are cultural artifacts of a particular kind. To understand them properly we need to consider carefully how they come into historical being, in what ways their meanings have changed over time, and why, today, they command such profound emotional legitimacy."

- Benedict Anderson

Fuck Yeah! Emotional Legitimacy Fuck Yeah!

http://www2.tbo.com/news/2011/may/02/11/crowds-gather-new-york-washington-after-bin-laden--ar-204123/

I suppose I can understand nationalists feeling gratified that a national enemy has been killed, especially someone as horrible as osama bin laden, but jubilant celebration is something I would expect of totoalitarian super nationalist regimes.
These people cant make it out of their homes to rally againt bank bailouts, endless wars, widening gulf between rich and poor, police militarization, racist immigration laws, US secret prisons, etc. whatever, but they all come out to party because the military some someone in the head and dumped them in the ocean?
I mean..

"It's a great day to be an American."

"jubilant gatherings across the nation to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden - cheering, waving flags and belting the national anthem."

"10 years of frustration just building and building, wanting this guy dead, and now he is, and you can see how happy people are."

"the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies were in the middle of a game in Philadelphia, and chants of "U-S-A! U-S-A!" "

"The chant - "U-S-A! U-S-A!" - echoed in Dearborn, Mich"

"Pa., the student newspaper reported. One was dressed as Captain America, fireworks were set off and colorful chants rose up from the crowd."

"hey, hey, goodbye" singsong chant "

"Obama 1, Osama 0."

"These people cant make it out of their homes to rally againt bank bailouts, endless wars, widening gulf between rich and poor, police militarization, racist immigration laws, US secret prisons, etc. whatever, but they all come out to party because the military some someone in the head and dumped them in the ocean?"


*clap, clap, clap*

Best comment in all Osama related threads on this site ever.

‎"A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledgehammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic. And yet the rage that one felt was an abstract, undirected emotion which could be switched from one object to another like the flame of a blowlamp."


which one of these are going to be the next goldstein I wonder?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11489337

Sic +5

@Darwyn / Sicarius +1
Donald Trump congratulated Obama on killing Laden. He's not a nutcase after all?

Obama didn't fuckin kill anyone haha.

yeah yeah we are celebrating killing someone big deal do you all forget that he didnt just murder americans he is responsible for deaths from people all over the world or did you forget the attacks in egypt, somalia, tanzania and many other places where not only americans were targeted??

as far as rallying to class consciousness ant the other things you said there was a large amount of mayday rallies one that i myself attended

can we just get one day to unite globally and be glad that a mass murderer is dead? cynics everywhere mang

AMERIKA FUCK YEAH

AMERIKA FUCK YEAH

FOOTBALL APPLE PIE SHOOTIN PEOPLE.

I heard Donald Trump is demanding to see Osama bin Laden's death certificate.

@ Sicarius

Can you please clarify "police militarization"?

"No man is an island, entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;
if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less,
as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were;
any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
it tolls for thee."

itt: lots of people miss the fucking point

AMERICAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

ive heard that death certificate joke at least a dozen times in the past day

I was at the White House in DC last night. I think most people were there out of curiosity and a desire to take part in a spontaneous demonstration rather than any genuine emotion towards Goldstein himself or what his death represents. It's been a big year for popular demonstrations and I suspect that many college-age students were frustrated that they were not able to take part in anything of the sort, until they had an excuse yesterday. So yes, the celebration was tasteless and ultranationalistic, but it was, for the most part, disassociated with any actual events.

That said, there were some people there who seemed to be sincerely convinced that Bin Laden's death meant "We're #1". The expressions of pointless rage and revenge from these individuals were indeed chilling, but they did not emanate from the majority of the crowd.

@ Santa

Sorry. I didn't know it had gotten around that fast.

Right on, Sicarius!

Personally, I'm disgusted by all this US nationalism. If we look at it outside of the political phenomenon that it has become (CNN headline: God has blessed America!) it really hasn't achieved much. The big boys are still fighting their imperialist little war over in Libya, while their capitalist economy rots.

America always supports what is helpful to its imperialist interests. In 1950 they turned South Korea into a showcase of American capitalism in Asia. In 1980 they helped the Taliban, and used to support Mubarak and Gadhafi (but why not now?), and they even played a part in the installation of the Iranian régime in a little coup between England and the US......... in all cases, claiming 20 years later that they had the wrong guys.

Obama can say that America isn't at war with Islam all he wants...but...it is.

What is important to say in this subject is that USA is becoming more and more isolated in their view of world affairs. In past USA was seen as land of freedom and prosperity and now more and more is seen as bully and oppressor (even in those counties that consider themselves as USA allies and friends common people look at USA as cause of problem and not an world policemen who will solve those problems).