The notion of anger and its productiveness has been part of the American discourse for the last few weeks after three little words hit the MSM with a force to be reckoned with. The words of Rev. Jeremiah Wright had been played, replayed, edited, (rarely) dissected, denounced, rejected, and talked to death. It has been chatted up so much that those three words of damning America has been on the minds and the lips of many a soul.
It is high time to cast off the shackles of repression. Maybe we ought to say, "God damn." Too much has been done in the public eye for us to stay silent. Quite a deal more has been inflicted on the American landscape that would convince the most gentle soul that gentility and kindness is dead and gone. When people are losing their homes, continually facing discrimination, seeing their jobs go overseas, not getting affordable healthcare and watching their loved ones die in a war based on lies, yes, it is time to say, "God damn."
As I had written elsewhere on DKos, I love civility. It is sorely needed in all social spheres of our life. In these later years, it has been lacking on many fronts. Politeness is mocked and ridiculed so much so that it is much more acceptable to browbeat and disenigrate a person before they could finish their point. This is a factor in the MSM as well as on talk radio. But, even after all this, there is a time in which people have to tap in to their disgruntlement--especially when the government and its representatives have not done their job for their constituents.
This is no time to wallow in superficialities or in shallowness. Furthermore, we cannot just let these atrocities that have occurred during the last seven years pass. Too many people have suffered. Many folks have their own war stories of living during the Bush years. Unfortunately, the antics that have happened within the bowels of government have all to intimately laid bare the machinations of a machine based on greed. And after such actions have been made at the expense of the trust of the American people, it would be the least to say, "God damn America".
It is a disturbing number of words. It incites, thrives, and shakes with anger. It calls people to pay attention to history, society, politics and law.
It hits below the belt and continues to stay with us as it allows us to reflect on our own principles and sensitivities.
It also strikes at the heart of privilege and entitlement especially where it hurts.
When Rev. Wright uttered those three words, it was a stirring of emotion. Americans have been ensconsced too long in emotional deadness. It takes someone to stir our soul and consciences to act for the betterment of our country, especially when it affects the least of us.
I believe the tide of emotion is just starting. But, how long will it take to get to the top of its crescendo?
--politicalceci