#why did your completely fantasy world need racism. motherfucker

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Plot twist: my brother who I was worried would hating Keyleth instead hates Vex ! Still discouraging, but a different flavor than anticipated !!

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Something about episode 4 that bothered me that I really need to get off my chest

So @strangesurvivals​  has really good posts about this that honestly made me realize that was exactly what bothered me and they are very put-together posts, so if you want something that’s not as rambling as mine, go check it out. Check it out regardless of what I put on here, because it’s a great blog and they deserve love and attention.

Here’s what rubbed me the wrong way: the stupid Warlock school subplot and the concept of the Alpha.

In a post I made with my general thoughts on the episode, I mentioned that I thought it was interesting about the concept of Supreme vs Alpha but followed it with saying I wasn’t about to start discourse.

Well, I retract that statement and am going to start discourse.

I’ll probably be crucified for saying that Coven wasn’t my favorite season, but it wasn’t. I love the concept and absolutely adore the characters and agree that the season kicked some serious ass, but I couldn’t really jam with the plot. I don’t know why, since I’ve watched and read very similar things, but I just couldn’t really get into it. Sorry. Even though it wasn’t my favorite season, I definitely screamed when they appeared and loved all the scenes they were in. Because they're characters that I love and actresses that I love, and I knew that would up the stakes more than they were already upped.

And then the plot happened.

I make fun of the fact that it started out like Harry Potter with Michael being recruited, but then Ryan took the Chosen One concept a bit too far and decided to call it the Alpha. And I just, no. Just no. No, don’t do that. Don’t do that to Michael. He’s already the Antichrist. That’s more than enough of a role to fill, and he doesn't need some Harry Potter/Star Wars magic Chosen One that’s destined to defeat the Ultimate Evil (TM) on top of being the Antichrist. It’s unnecessary and it took away from that subplot for me. It felt lazy, it felt forced, it felt contradictory, it just lessened the impact of the Antichrist plot and Michael’s harnessing of his powers. At least, the way Ryan did it. I’ll get back to that.

So Michael Potter Skywalker is taken to a magic school to develop his Amazing Magic Powers because something happens that tells The Powers That Be that he’s Super Powerful- more than any of them. Only one of those Authorities is suspicious and hesitant to take this person is because he can smell Big Trouble because This Kid Ain’t Right. But everyone laughs off Cheyanne Yoda Jackson because holy fuck he pulled some Exorcist shit then curled up in a ball crying on the floor he must be The One With The Ultimate Power (TM) we must take this emotionally unstable child in and harness his magic because absolutely nothing will go wrong with taking him in and teaching him to control his crazy strong magic that manifests himself in murder. Cheyanne Yoda Jackson is just being paranoid, he only impaled a guy with multiple knives and blew a guys head up. He may have Much Anger In Him and acts in a way that looks like he’s Demon Possessed, but have you seen his Midichlorian count? We have to bring him in because he might be able to destroy the Sith and bring Balance to the Force and finally dismantle the ever-present fear of Voldemort’s Reign of Terror! Stop being a spoilsport and train him like the rest of us, it’ll be fine! Oh, and we won’t help him adjust to his power gradually in order to make up for the years of training he lost in order to give him the same foundation everyone else has and the skills and trust of the System to not be reigned by his unstable emotions and Much Anger In Him. Nah, throw him in the deep end headfirst, he’ll be fine. In fact, we’ll raise our expectations and push him harder than everyone else and tell him his Destiny from the beginning so he has all this pressure on him. There’s no way he’ll lash out and have a sense of entitlement.

Now, who are The-Sith-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named that oppress the poor, defenseless Warlocks? The rest of humanity? That was in Coven, and it would be interesting to have a Magneto-type background that ties into his disgust at humanity and proves his “evil motherfuckers” point. Is it the Humans? It’s not? Who is it?

The Witches, of course! Those Nasty, Horrible Women who use their Superior Woman Magic to press the poor defenseless Warlocks who just want to Be Equals and not be molotov cocktailed after those Stupid Women didn’t have the foresight to the potential consequences of trying to foster good relations with the Muggle World and being open about their Mutant status because they’re Mutants, and they’re Proud! We need an Alpha Male to save us from the Uterus! A Level Four! The Manliest Man in all of Manhood who will put those women in their place and take them down from their High and Mighty Egos. In Coven they had thinly-veiled metaphors for racism by having European vs Voodoo magic fights that tried to make us see that the Poor White Girls are just Misunderstood and Blissfully Ignorant that the Voodoo Community is just as Powerful and Valid as the rest of them! And they still have that in Apocalypse, but now they also have Gender Inequality in it, too! But like, not showing the tired, traditional Oppressed Women narrative that a lot of feminists tell. No, it’s the Refreshing alternate view that maybe, there are areas of life where Men are not on top? And that’s bad for them? It’s daring and bold and no one has ever proposed this idea ever! I’m so creative and revolutionary!!!

The Supreme title was interesting to me because there’s always the Head Witch or something like that. But Ryan gave her the title of Supreme, because the one to master all fundamental areas of magic has Supreme Magic that is more powerful. Which makes sense and is pretty refreshing to me, because it felt like an acknowledgement while over-glorifying the title. Because Supreme also sounds like a threat and a title everyone would fight over, so whoever has that title has to constantly watch her back because other people will try to take that for themselves. The title was forged in blood, and it’s a constant reminder of that. And the show does a great job showing how hard and how dangerous that title is. It shows work, it shows strength, it shows earning the title.

That is the complete opposite of the Alpha role. Level Four. Honestly I hate the fact that they rank the students with 4 levels because it’s honestly unhealthy competition in my opinion. But we’re focusing on the Alpha. It’s a stupid concept, it’s a stupid plot device, it’s a stupid mentality, it’s a stupid rank, it’s a stupid title. “But you’re a Christian, isn’t that hypocritical of you because you’re okay with calling God the Alpha?” Actually, that’s not His full title. The full title is the Alpha and the Omega- which is FUCKING GREEK FOR THE BEGINNING AND THE END AND IS A PRETTY ACCURATE TITLE FOR THE FUCKING CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE AND DON’T BRING MY RELIGION INTO THIS I AM NOT GOING TO SAY THAT AGAIN

Anyways, the Alpha thing and why it’s hella problematic. Its real-life counterpart is a hideous mentality that really messed-up men have that leads to entitlement issues that lead to violence- usually against women whose bodies they feel they are owed and believe that their superior “Alpha Male” status demands. Just, it doesn’t matter if that’s what he was imagining- which I doubt given the context- or not, the fictional Alpha Male trope and the real-word damage the Alpha Male mentality causes make this fictional title undesirable and uncomfortable. It also doesn’t imply the hard work that the Supreme title does. Like I referenced in my sarcastic rant, it’s why people hated the Midichlorian thing in Star Wars. I actually asked my dad if they were mad because it wasn’t referenced in the original trilogy. He said, and I paraphrase, “Partly. It’s the implications of them not mentioning it in the original trilogy that we have a problem with. When it first came out, the Force was something that everyone had and that some people were more in tune with than others. But it was in everyone, so everyone with the right training could become a Jedi. You might not be as powerful as the other Jedi, but you can be a Jedi or at the very worst, someone with cool Force abilities that can use the Force. Just not at the level of the Jedi. That was awesome because me and everyone else was saying, “I could be a Jedi! I could learn how to master the Force! Then Episode 1 came out and it said, nah, you can’t. It’s twitch muscles. You have it, or you don’t. Your DNA determines wether or not you can actually use the Force. Everyone has the Force, but you can’t be trained to tap into that power. It was like a slap in the face to the people who spent decades with the fantasy of training to be a Jedi. Since you haven’t had the time gap between movies, it’s less of an issue. But to us, it hurts a lot.” And that’s exactly what the Alpha does. It’s not that Michael is powerful and gradually shows the potential to be the Alpha then proves himself to be able to survive the grueling process to earn that status. It’s just that they see that he’s powerful (which I have no idea how impressive that footage is since we don’t have a great example of how weak everyone else’s magic is in comparison, imo) and assume that because he’s super powerful he’s The One. It just wasn’t as compelling to me as finding out about the Supreme. And yes, the witches do inherently have more magic and yes, the Supreme inherently has more magic, but it’s still like the Jedi. Not everyone is Force-Sensitive, so not everyone can be a Jedi; by extension, not all the Jedi can have the highest rank and there are many nuances and strengths of the people’s Force abilities. That’s something that I thought was interesting in Coven and was a bit disappointed that they didn’t play around with it more, but that’s not what this is about. I’m just showing how the Warlocks could have a similar Nuance even with their ranking system and could’ve had more of a parallel with the Witches.

But they didn’t.

Instead Ryan decided to have some weird social commentary about how women could be as bad as men and whenever they have some area where they’re better than men, they abuse that area and twist the narrative to make themselves the victims; in these areas, the men are now the ones who have to fight tooth and claw to get equal treatment. This is the standard “Women can be just as bad as men given the opportunity!” narrative that hurts legitimate activism to get men the same treatment in areas such as domestic abuse, where the statistics of male victims and the numbers of how they receive justice for it are much different than for women. There was a social study where two actors pretended to be a couple having an argument in public that gets violent, with one partner starting to get more and more physical and the other partner getting more and more in danger of being seriously hurt. When the woman was the victim, people rushed to her aid and got in between them and called him out on his behavior. When the man was the victim, a significantly less number of people did that, and most people laughed it off as the male being “whipped”- or, not filling the male role in the relationship. The power balance is suddenly funny when the woman has more power over the women. Now, I’m not going to go into that discourse, and you have my word on that. Domestic abuse is a horrific epidemic that both men and women face, and statistically women are the victims much more than men. But that doesn’t mean that when men are abused, it’s not that bad as when women are. And so when activist groups push for more awareness of this epidemic and trying to change the narrative of what domestic abuse looks like, we should listen and treat it seriously. But when narratives like the Witch oppression of the Warlocks being used to bring attention to “reverse sexism”- which is bullshit, btw- it lessons actual legit activism and make both activism for male issues and activism for female issues seem less important. Less serious. They become more of a joke and people overreacting than things of actual importance. And it’s just bad writing. There are way better ways to have a Warlock vs Witch narrative that Michael is involved in. Way better ways. Way better ways than “oppressed men might have someone who can overthrow the oppressive women because he’s more powerful and men might be able to reclaim their position of power”.

Honestly, I was mostly annoyed by this is that not only was Ryan- consciously or no- even doing it, but he was doing it where the men were just being whiny and had no real argument. They gloated at Cordelia and tried to provoke her by dangling Michael as “The One (TM) who would overthrow the Witches’ power over them” in front of her to try to get her angry. They act like her refusing to put him through the Seven Wonders is proof that she’s scared of being overthrown. Because cowards act like that. And that when she uses Misty and Queenie as examples of how she isn’t all powerful like they believe and to give examples of how dangerous the world of magic is and how just recklessly going forward can land them in trouble, they just scoff like she’s not really worthy of being the All Powerful and can you believe this chick? She walks around like she owns the place but she can’t even save one of her own kind from being perpetually held in Limbo for eternity with possibly thousands of other souls being held captive and suffering unimaginable things. Some Supreme. She can’t possibly think that’s a good reason to not do the test of the Seven Wonders.

Just- it’s really bad. It’s not a good way to even make this lazy writing a passable attempt. Cordelia telling them about how she tried to save Queenie once she found out she was dead in order- this is what I interpreted from that sequence- to help her pass on or come back to life was a great way to show her character. She’s empathetic, she’s protective, she actually cares about the people she’s supposed to be the authority over. And her regret over not being able to save Queenie hurts because she was supposed to watch over her and be able to protect her from something like that, but she couldn’t. And she is heartbroken because people she loves and cares about are casualties of a dangerous world and she’s helpless to stop those casualties. And when she refuses to let Michael do the Seven Wonders, it’s because she doesn’t want an innocent party that is being put on a pedestal to get killed. She fucking says that she doesn’t want to risk him dying and the fuckwads act like that’s a pathetic excuse!!!!! That was so infuriating for me because it was treated like Cordelia was being unreasonable by the characters and Ryan. I mean, in Coven the Seven Wonders was constantly hammered in as dangerous at every level, and as the stakes are raised, the more it’s hammered in, and the more people get hurt. There are actual consequences, and Cordelia witnessed it from the beginning to the end. So she knows that there’s an 87% chance that Michael will die, and she doesn’t want someone else to die in the process that killed her friends. And she gets more and more angry about people talking over her and ignoring all of her very solid arguments against this until she has no choice other than to give into their provocations and get angry, having to firmly shutting it down and ending it before someone gets hurt and when she gets questioned again, she snaps one of the greatest lines in the season and the show: “BECAUSE I’M THE FUCKING SUPREME!” And the men just look at each other like, “I fucking knew this bitch was too scared of being usurped to agree to our very reasonable proposal to take a vulnerable youngster who’s only just started to control his powerful and unstable magic and force him to go through a dangerous test he has a high chance of dying from just to soothe our wounded egos that we’re grooming several impressionable young men to emulate, women are so unreasonable” and I wanted to punch everyone in the face. 

So the thing I mentioned waaaaay earlier in this super-long post: the way Ryan was doing this lessened Michael’s character was done really badly.  Here’s an idea on how to go through a less-sexist conflict between the two covens that actually makes him more powerful:

Michael is powerful- more powerful than they’ve seen. Cheyanne Yoda Jackson still gets to be suspicious, and they are inclined to agree. After some debate, everyone except Warlock Yoda agrees that it’s probably powerful, unstable magic that is being handled by a teen with anger issues and an obvious propensity for violence. They can teach him to handle the magic and maybe to control his emotions. Everything’s the same until they do their tests. It’s still after a month or two, but this time it’s after he’s had time to adjust and had some basic rudimentary training that everyone has when they first start. They explain that everyone is evaluated at the beginning to get a feel for their magic, and Michael already seems to have some control of his powers. Not much, but it’s impressive considering how insane they are. They start with the mirror. He does it, and they share shocked glances. That’s something that a lot of people have trouble with after years of training. So they hesitantly do the teleporting. Flawless passing, more shock. Then they ask him to waterbed snow, and they have their happy moment before they almost freeze to death. They see how freaked out Michael is and tell him that he has super strong magic and when you push yourself like he did, it’ll get a bit out of hand. Just be more careful and they’ll talk about where to put him then get back to him, okay? Then they talk about how freaky it is that he can do this with little training, Magic Yoda is suspicious, they shoot him down with a lot of irony because Antichrist. Then one of them suggests that maybe, just maybe, they might be seeing a Male Supreme. Use the phrase, “Male Supreme”. It’s less stupid and worrying. There’s banter about how there hasn’t been a male version, it’s only been a woman, you know how many powerful Warlocks have died trying to do the Seven Wonders, he can barely control snow, you think he can come back from the dead? But then they agree and call the Council.

Most of the Warlocks’ bitterness towards the Witches stems from two places: 1) Fiona was a bitch and took her Supreme status to exert absolute control of the Council and 2) Cordelia just announced the existence of Mutants Witches and Warlocks without consulting the Council, a decision that they feel should have been unanimous. So there’s some banter about the Seven Wonders and Michael and she doesn’t want to hurt him because of how many powerful Witches and Warlocks have died and he sounds like he’s emotionally and magically unstable and he most likely will die. It also makes more sense for them to be snarky at her because of the above two reasons, and they can invoke Fiona’s name which will make those of us who are familiar with Coven squeal at the mention of Fiona and remember that yeah, that sounds in character, as well as having Cordelia react to the implication that she’s being the same sort of Supreme her mother was. Like, that has waaaaayyyyy less sexism and provides a great conflict between the two schools. It also has a less cliche Chosen One story arc shoved into Michael’s already-established “I’m the Antichrist” story arc and still shows just how powerful and scary he is.

Again, that’s my idea on how it could’ve been better. I just hate that the potential badassery of rivals schools was ignored to have Ryan Murphy pretend to be revolutionary and critical and thinking outside of the box when he’s really condoning a dangerous and sexist narrative that puts characters that are both potentially awesome and badass and established to be awesome and badass into weak storylines that destroy a lot of great character arcs and characteristics of everyone.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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SCREAMING IN TO THE ABYSS

So... I go on to Facebook... I read the most astonishing string of fake news imaginable. You know the crap that your crazy uncle sends you.. the stuff everyone knows is made up..except the poor sucker who sent it. There's plenty on both sides of the debate who make up total lies.. then has it repeated by the base. Hell... it worked wonders for Hitler! But now it's gotten raised to an art form. My biggest failed prediction for the future was.. I believed that the internet would make everyone smarter.. we'd all have total access to to sum of all human knowledge. I was unprepared for the inertia of stupid. I'm a total history buff.. got lots of time to read when you're always in hospital beds and waiting rooms.. believe it... you dont wanna go to any appointment without something to read. I read.. probably 6 to 8 hours a day.. I got the time. My poor little body is broken.. but God gave me a top shelf brain ! I know how vain that sounds.. but it's true.. I'm the Tyrion Lanister of Arizona.. I take lot's of drugs.. and I know stuff. I'm Stephen Hawkings mini me.. he's a genius with a completely broken body.. I'm a smart guy with a busted up body.. he's my idol.. I love his books. I figured if he can write.. I can do it too! So here we go... It's become Us vs. Them... sometimes even You vs. Me.. I hate that we've become that. I want to help. I think I can separate the wheat from chaff here.. show you how we're different.. and why you're wrong and we're right ! It'll be great! And at the end of this.. there's going to be a test ! And spoiler alert.. I'm mostly a fiscal conservative.. a republican.. before now.. but I digress. We want: everyone to have the exact same rights... thats totally and undisputedly fair. How can anyone disagree? I want for me.. the exact same rights as you. We want you to have every right there is. We want you to live your life the way you see fit. We want you to believe in any God you want. Or none at all. Your choice. You want: special treatment. There are many people who need special conciderations.. I'm one of them. It's why we have handicapped parking and hadicapped bathroom stalls. But you want to lord your beliefs over society. You don't like something that someone else does.. they must be shunned from society. You want everyone to believe exactly what you believe.. or you want to hurt us if we don't. You can't force someone to believe what you say... especially when every one of you says some radically different shit. You claim to be put down while you work overtime to squash other people who aren't you. Dont even get me started on bathroom use.. if you're that obsessed with who's in the bathroom.. go home.. I bet you didn't know that in some grown up countries that they have unisex bathrooms. Grow the fuck up. Not everything has to revolve around YOUR sex fantasies... I gotta shit ! In public.. I hate that. And oh yeah.. go on YouTube and search the phrase " antigay republicans caught being gay" it's endless... and hilarious! What's up with that? You're gay.. why are you so afraid of it? It's how God made you.. come over to our side. We want everyone. One caveat.. people who don't want to bake gay cakes and other businesses that don't want to hire minorities or gays. I'm fine with you. Green is the only color that matters.. and it's getting harder to have a profitable business. If you think you can stay in business by alienating your customer base.. well good luck ! But with our access to information that we all have.. your business is doomed.. so again.. I'm good with you. Best of luck in your endeavours but we'll be spending our money over here. Round 1. Equal rights. We're better than you. Next round. We want : everyone to have access to open and free.. top shelf medical care. Every little booboo gets taken care of free... think about it... your crazy uncle can get free psychiatric help! You wont have to try to google "dick rash" and pray for the right diagnosis. And veterans !? Who doesn't love our veterans!? We loves us some veterans. Why do they have to jump through more hoops than my old diseased ass.. THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG ! They did everything right... and yet they die off all the time... because you don't care. Why can't they have complete access to top shelf medical care.. for free ! We all could, easily. You say healthcare is a difficult task. Well most of the rest of the has it working like a well oiled machine. Copy off the smart kids. This is America. We are ok with that. You want: poor people to die.. sick people to die... anyone who isn't you, basically... die. Some of you have the balls to call yourselves "Christian or religious or spiritual types" then do the exact opposite. You are the worst kind of hypocrite. I have read the bible... cover to cover.. you seriously misunderstand it.. it doesn't say fuck your neighbor over for money.. it says love thy neighbor.. take care of each other. Why don't you want that? You're making Jesus cry. Round 2 ... free universal healthcare for everyone... and much more.. I know you don't understand it... but you really want what most of europe already has. It's amazing! We're right again ! Universal governmental controlled healthcare is proven far better and cheaper than our system. If you're a republican for example.. this is fiscally conservative.. it's what you want ! We want it.. you want it.. we all win So. We win again. 2 to 0. Next topic We want: Guns baby! This is America motherfuckers! GUNS ! Hell yeah ! I love my gun... and I'm REALLY good with it. Just saying... but howabouts we dont let psychopaths have them. You use the analogy that cars kill more than guns. So we agree.. lets treat guns just like cars! They're both inanimate objects. People kill people.. all that. But to have one you have to pass a test.. like with a car. Then every gun has to be insured.. like with every car. So simple. So we all agree there.. we treat guns like cars... but make their humans financially responsible... insurance companies should go crazy trying to get this law passed.. it's a friggin gold mine untapped! They did it wirh cars.. and no one can say you don't have the absolute right to have a car either ! Lots of cars! Any one you want ! Capitalism works! We like capitalism! You want: Guns baby! Cuz this is America and we heart guns! I scream, you scream, we all scream from gun shot wounds! Fuck yeah! GUNS! But can't there be SOME places where we don't allow them..? I know you're afraid of everything. But your Rambo sex dreams aside.. it'll only get you in trouble. Statistically you're far more likely to be shot by your own gun.. than ever use it defending yourself. That just a pesky fact. You vote for millionaires who want you dead so that "they" can't take your precious guns that "they" don't give a shit about! Keep the damned thing.. just don't play with it in public... like your tiny penis. I know you're afraid and I feel for you. But lets start with say.. bars. Stupid, drunk and armed is a terrible way to go through life. Keep your fucking guns.. just remember.. you only have 2 hands! That's all the guns you could possibly shoot. Why do you want so many? Quit being a psycho ! Pick 2 good ones.. in case shit happens..you know what I mean! I'll be generous.. give you the win on this one... cuz hell yeah! Guns baby! And we're America.. so.. yeah! 2 to 1 .. We're winning ! One more round! We want: peace. You live your life.. I live mine.. if by chance we meet.. it's a new experience. All that hippy shit. What happened to the peace movement? When I was a kid.. hippies we're the thing.. I lived in upstate New York during woodstock.. I knew all about hippies.. wanted to be one.. cuz they had hot naked chicks! And way better tunes. I was like 9. Instead my very own baby boomer hippie generation almost in a single generation have devastated the planet. My generation has strip mined the planet of it resources like none before it. We want those resources to be better managed for the benefit of everybody. You don't get 99 percent of everything and we get the crumbs. There will always be people who get more.. I'm good with that. But your ass has enough. And you hypocritical religious types I mentioned? The Bible says we are the stewards of this planet.. we're large and in charge.. word of God.. read it! If you don't believe in climate change.. you are failing God! He told you to take care of his place.. not treat it like a roadies hotel room. You are seriously pissing off Jesus... I know that Jesus loves me.. I recycle! And lastly we want ... peace. We're tired of your bullshit. Your racism.. religious intolerance.. bigotry... misogyny... lying, thieving, asses aren't going to be tolerated forever. This is America. You want: everything your way. Those of us who are sick.. or poor.. or gay.. or brown.. or black, yellow,white,red,blue, and even some orange ones (wink wink) we know we're all in this together. You hoard 99 percent of the worlds riches.. and keep trying for more...ever heard the expression "EAT THE RICH" another one of those hippy sayings. I think it'll make a big comeback real soon. You don't get to sit on mountains of treasure.. like Smaug the fucking dragon! While the rest of us suffer and die? Why would you even want that? You have more than everything.. don't you wanna use it for good? You can make baby Jesus smile!You'll still be filthy rich! It goes back to my 2 guns theory.. you still only got 2 fucking hands! Have you no decency sir? ( another phrase from the past that's gonna comeback soon.. just my prediction) you are bigots... you are religious fanatics of every stripe. You claim to be Godly.. then commit atrocities against you're own God to prove that you're Godly. Again.. I've read the bible cover to cover.. and even some others like the Koran...I still do study religions... all of them..none of them say you get a licence to tell us how to live the way we want. You want live with your beliefs.. do that. Be like the Amish.. they are actually Godly. They're not interested in what you do. We want to live peacefully among all cultures and ethnicities and beliefs. Infinite Diversity In Infinite Combinations.. (we're also usually Star Trek nerds) "Judge not" "do unto others as you would have done to you" We want the golden rule. You want to rain down judgements on everyone who crosses your path. You want to claim the earth is flat and that the greatest achievements in mankind are faked or meaningless. You deny scientific provable facts because of your beliefs. Go ahead with that... but you really don't get to run shit.. except you mouth. You get that right.. we are America..we have free speech . U.S.A. ! U.S.A.! We believe that we should probably make the big decisions for the next... ever. You go play with your tin foil hat over there.. next to crazy uncle.. and church lady. Well let you know if we need you. You want to be apart from darkies and fags... be apart. The Amish do it up right. Go live somewhere else. Anywhere they'll put up with you.. but that ain't going to be here. We're America... literally every single human here came from somewhere else. This land is our land.. this land ain't your land. We are all immigrants here.. my 13th great grandfather came here before 1700.. long before there was an America. No shit. Found out on a genealogy site. My fathers,fathers,father, etc 13 times back. I win.. my family has been here waaay longer than yours. I love immigrants... we need them. You are afraid of them... I get it. They are scary.. all brown and such. And weird accents. Scary. And whats up with the scary languages? It's like foreigners have a different word for EVERYTHING! But you're statistically way more likely to be killed by a loved one... so you should focus more on being afraid at home... keep your guns there. In case shit happens.. you know what I mean. So here we are.. We're up 3 to 1 in the rules of our society.. We're right.. you are wrong. We have science, you have religious fanaticism. We're better. We're smart and educated.. you believe only what want.. for no apparent reason. I keep asking why.. you never seem to have an answer. Why do you persist in believing things that are provably and proven to be false ? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? So here is the test... are you one of Us.. or are you one of "them" .. come over to our side.. we got cookies! And Jesus and Buddha and Mohammed.. and crocodiles! It's better on our team is all I'm saying. I'm a dead man talking... And I can solve any problem...just ask me how!