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Aaron Restores My Faith in Humanity
Monday, April 04, 2005 @ 7:21 PM
Recently, posters have been circulating around the ISU campus regarding a cartoon on the Viewpoint page. The cartoon featured a coffin with an American flag on it, and military men standing behind it. There was a sign that said, "Help Wanted. Positions Available Inside." An arrow pointed into the coffin.
Posters started appearing around campus that read as follows:BOYCOTT THE DAILY VIDETTE. This is how the Daily Vidette thanks the troops that protect our freedoms! This cartoon was run in the Daily Vidette on Wednesday February 23. This is not how real Americans show support for their troops. Don't stand for cheap shots at our troop's expense. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES AND OUR TROOPS OVERSEAS.
I happened to find a copy of the poster today while killing time in Fell Hall. And incidentally, someone I went to high school with had written a response.This is not at all unpatriotic. This was intended to illustrate how it is unpatrioticc for our leaders to send our troops off to die for stupid reasons. If you think that loving your country means that you cannot criticize the politically motivated decisions that our leaders make, then deport me. I love America, and more importantly, I love the people in it. When America's short-sighted leaders choose to use this country and its people to push their own agendas with a clearly dire consequence, it is not only the right, but the duty of a patriotic American to criticize. Before you shit on everybody who disagrees with the "official line," consider what this country means to you. America is what we make of it.
-Aaron Reiners
Deeply Concerned American
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