Letters to the Editor
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If only people would listen. I, too, am exasperated with the mindless drivel that is being spun about Rev. Jeremiah Wright. I believe that, post-9-11, Americans have traded logic and common sense for a misguided definition of patriotism. Where is the desire for dialogue and common understanding of issues to continuously make American better? Not unlike Barack Obama's description of Dr. Wright's beliefs being "static", I believe that too many folks believe that America is operating at her best and cannot get better. As Skybird notes, any thinking person knows that this is not true. Instead of trying to understand the situations Dr. Wright describes, we automatically go to the defensive posture that it's treasonous to even suggest that America can do better. And when you add in the brain-dead, corporate-owned media howlers, you get sound bite loops that are designed to whip us hysteria and fear. I just finished watching the Frontline series on Bush's War and it really makes me fear about the gullibility of our citizens and despair about our long-term prospects.