tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post1237222711940530516..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Is An Enemy of Humanity Not Your Enemy Too?The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-15317123827394005902017-07-03T17:15:54.001-07:002017-07-03T17:15:54.001-07:00Anyong....12:54 All Canadians have to do is remem...Anyong....12:54 All Canadians have to do is remember how First Nations People were and still are being manipulated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-72439482802646918052017-07-03T16:49:55.235-07:002017-07-03T16:49:55.235-07:00Triumphalism became a major feature of American cu...Triumphalism became a major feature of American culture since they began failing at politics by other means. A few years after their Vietnamese misadventure ended. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-59554898132939243292017-07-03T14:46:08.778-07:002017-07-03T14:46:08.778-07:00I always imagined that "love of country"...<br />I always imagined that "love of country" was America's thing, Dana. What I never grasped until recently is that it really comes down to triumphalism, being "number one" that counts, not the state itself or its democratic foundations. I too am dismayed at their indifference to the rise of oligarchy and the blatant displacement of their democracy. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-63072844535438997002017-07-03T12:54:14.422-07:002017-07-03T12:54:14.422-07:00It's quite disturbing to me how easily America...It's quite disturbing to me how easily Americans are relinquishing their democratic institutions. I'd love to believe it won't be that easy here or in Britain but I can't quite get to confident. I feel more sure of the Western European countries than I do about the North American ones. Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-62444162865588301782017-07-03T09:58:41.590-07:002017-07-03T09:58:41.590-07:00Manning's Reform Party became the Official Opp...Manning's Reform Party became the Official Opposition during an election when the other parties were promoting gay rights and gun control. Add in abortion and one or two other unsolvable issues and an uncrossable wall is erected. Tobynoreply@blogger.com