we, the torturers, in order to get faulty information…

around the edges of my mind- i guess i always knew that america tortured people- whether by proxy or now, hands on. of course, we were taught that communists were evil and that they weren’t really the highly evolved people that americans were- so it was ok. as if, that did indeed make it ok. i am not naive enough anymore to believe in american ideals because i see them for what they really are- ideals. the reality is- america has never lived up to the ideals we were taught were true. the torture thing really bothers me though. i cannot wrap my mind around what kind of a person- if you can be called one- you would have to be inside to be able to beat another human or electrocute them or waterboard them. these are people- flesh and blood people- most of whom have done nothing at all but be brown and muslim. most of the people in these torture camps are innocent. some are women and children.

we can say that this isn’t us- it’s the government- and while that may be true to some extent, there are plenty of people in this country- 44% in the latest poll- who are just fine with it.  44%.  let that sink in a moment.  these are your neighbors or your family members- and with the increased police state that we are becoming- this doesn’t bode well for dissidents or progressives.  when the scales fall from the eyes- it is still difficult to accept what america really is and what we believe in today.  apparently, snagging a new iphone is higher on the list of priorities than making sure that our government- and fellow citizens- don’t round us up and torture us.  with an iphone.