Constantly celebrating the people we kill
glenn comments on the celebratory atmosphere surrounding gadhafi's killing (and bin laden and al awlaki and al awlaki's son and al qaeda leaders and countless victims of drone attacks)...
personally, i'd like to be celebrating a revival of a national devotion to the common good of all as so clearly described in the declaration of independence and the preamble to the constitution...
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Constantly celebrating the people we kill — dancing over their corpses — is now one of the most significant and common American rituals shaping our political culture. One of the most consequential aspects of the Obama legacy is that this mentality has become fully bipartisan. And it’s hard to see how this will change any time soon: once one goes down that road, it’s very difficult to turn around and go back. That’s true both individually and of a nation.
personally, i'd like to be celebrating a revival of a national devotion to the common good of all as so clearly described in the declaration of independence and the preamble to the constitution...
Labels: Anwar al-Awlaki, Barack Obama, celebrating lawlessness, Declaration of Independence, extrajudicial executions, Glenn Greenwald, military drones, Moammar Gadhafi, Osama bin Laden, U.S. Constitution
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posted by profmarcus at
10/22/2011
