Most American citizens love and adore America without realizing it, even while their mouths writhe with spittle in their little protests about how the government is akin to Nazis and other rigamorole. From every ignorant Bush-supporter to every moronic tree-humping hippie. These people don't love America the country, or America the book, but the freedoms that being an American offers. Namely the ability to be a god-forsaken retard who can subject others to their opinions as freely as you and I breathe.
Oh my, yes, detractors of this site would claim I'm a god-forsaken retard subjecting those around me with my opinions. But I subject no one to nothing. You came here, you read this, and nowhere in it did I force any of my beliefs upon you. (Then again, my goal will be the eventual banishment of Scientology, PETA, and the RIAA, but hey, only the lonely will miss them)
The problem with such an inherent, freely-derived freedom is that evil is born on the same freedom, has the same zipcode, and argues about why they don't make the bed in the morning. And when I say evil, I mean real evil, corporate evil, not that religious bullshit. Satan wishes he was responsible for Scientology, PETA, or the RIAA.
One of my favorite lines from the good Men in Black movie– that would be the first one– is during the scene where Will Smith is deciding whether or not to lose his identity and start protecting the world from evil aliens. Tommy Lee Jones responded to a rather obvious question about why the public doesn't know about aliens with, well, an obvious answer: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."
Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder, leader of the PETA organization, started her little cult with a friend (who isn't important anymore) in 1980 to promote animal welfare. Their group consisted of five people in a basement, and that was already too many. Because a year later, they stumbled on to the Silver Spring monkeys case [en.wikipeda.org] and the organization exploded into popularity. In less than the time you could say, "Oh my god, this tofudog tastes like blended horseshit!" PETA shifted from animal welfare to "total animal liberation, motherfuckers" (okay, I paraphrased somewhat).
A lot of people reading this will know the Internet Fucktard Theory [penny-arcade.com]: Person + Anonymity + Audience = Fucktard. (I say 'fucktard', not 'fuckwad') From mud-flinging to spitball shooting to driveby moonings to Halo-humpers to radical-Islamic terrorist bombings. The general person loses a degree of inhibition when they perceive they are alone, even if they are surrounded by the Internet. The Fucktard had no self-control at all because their parents did not repeatedly beat the shit out of them when they were young.
On the subject of beatings:
Consider the Menendez brothers, who murdered their parents practically because they were bored. These children were pampered ad nauseam. And their child abuse defense fell through twice (because they were criminals), so basically: beat your fucking children when they go astray. However, there is a difference between a beating and hurting a child. If you can't tell the difference, you deserve to that visit from DHS.
Newkirk is proof of the Original Fucktard Theory: Person + Power and/or Money + Audience = MegaloFucktard. Kings believed they were devined by God because people wiped their asses, gave them money, and cheered when they drove by in their stupid little stagecoaches. CEOs like to murder Thai hookers by choking them to death because everyone has given them millions of dollars to sit around all day and go, "This one's done." And Newkirk can stand on a podium and say, "Fuck people? I'd rather fuck a goat." Again, I paraphrase.
Later, Part 2 will deal with the RIAA.