Fear and Loathing in America

[Bill Reulbach]

Well, let’s add Maine to the map of The United Hates Of America. I think by denying Gay people their right to marry should be deemed a “Hate Crime,” because it has become a form of “Emotional Genocide” against a single group of tax paying Americans. Literally “killing” their chance at spending their lives with the person they love, wanting to be able to show that love in the same way as every other American, and being given the same rights as every other couple.

The Mormon Church should be held accountable for their never-ending Hatred of Gays. They went into the state of California, spent millions of dollars on a campaign of Fear and misinformation ( intimidation, if you will) to get the result they wanted in a supposedly “free election.” Doesn’t that sound like the same thing that the taliban did in Afghanistan? I know the taliban used guns and murder, but the result was the same. Different weapons, same tactics, same result and both driven by hate to achieve these results. The only real difference that I can see, seemed to be our reaction. When the taliban did it, America condemned it, when the Mormons did it, America applauded. Is it any wonder the world is confused by our double standard in foreign policy, especially when it sees how we treat our own citizens. Is this getting through to anyone?

What’s even more bizarre to me is the Louisiana Justice of the Peace who is being forced out of office for refusing to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple. Apparentl this guy “hated” the idea of people of different races getting married. I have to admire the public outcry though, it was swift and loud. If it wasn’t so pitiful, it would be funny. Would there have been such an outcry fifty years ago? I don’t think so. So now, he’s deemed a hateful bigot because, How Dare Him Deny Those People The Right To Marry? This is America, right?

I now know why most politicians, when times are tough, they cut funding to education first because ignorant Americans are so much easier to lead and control. The next generations should wake up and take notice before they become exactly like their parents, or worse.

This methodical campaign of hate against Gays and Gay marriage, in particular, should be seen for exactly what it is – Hatred! Those who willingly participate in these “obvious hate crimes” should be held accountable for their actions. Religious groups and others who plan, finance, and control these campaigns of hate should be put on the same “watch list” as others who undermine the rights and freedoms of Americans.

My own state, Nevada, is another perfect example of what to do when you don’t really want to do anything meaningful. It’s “Domestic Partnership” is their own way of trying to pacify one group without offending another. It’s almost funny. It’s supposed to be” just like marriage,” without being called marriage. I guess they learned that from the military when they would go into a country to conduct a “ police action, “ while what they were really carrying out was a war. Still, I guess it follows the normal behavior here in Nevada, especially in Las Vegas, because most guys who come here only pretend to be married anyway, so why not give that same right to Gays. Those “Domestic Partnership” certificates, I think , are actually printed on recycled toilet paper, which serves two purposes, in case the “partnership” goes bad, and is only useful when it has the appropriate “shit” on it.

I hope I live long enough to see the day when America finally decides that everyone deserves the right to marry whomever they love. God has decided who you should love, so America should not be deciding who you should marry. Never mind Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, it appears to have spread throughout the rest of America. What a sad commentary on this nation. We somehow forgot to practice what we preach, especially as far as the rest of the world is concerned.

I find it even more ironic, that in the healthcare debate in Washington, the “public option” is being criticized because it will take away an American’s “right to choose.” God forbid, we should even try to take away their “right to choose!” Why that would just be, “un-American!” Isn’t it amazing when you look at the whole picture, just how ridiculous it all looks? These Americans don’t want their “freedom of choice” taken away, but can go and vote to take that right away from someone else? How do these people justify their thinking? I think the healthcare debate has been going this long because the politicians in Washington are confused. “Do Americans want Freedom of Choice or not?” They want it in their healthcare, but not to all of its’ citizens.

I hope sometime in the future, no hate will be a reality and not just a slogan on a t-shirt. I know I won’t live to see it, but hopefully someday the people will finally wake up and realize they really were the ones the world has been following all these years. We’ve been the “perfect example” to the world of how hate should be conducted in a “free” society – through “honest and free” elections. Only then can they enjoy the “same freedoms” that we as Americans, take for granted.

I think singer/composer Biff Rose said it best, “If the red, white, and blue sometimes gets you down, change it to the red, white, and brown!” Because it’s just all a bunch of shit!