This was posted in a horse group I belong to.
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It is time to change from REDNECK humor to TRUE AMERICAN Humor!
Only it isn’t seen as HUMOR, but the correct way to LIVE YOUR LIFE! If you feel the same, pass this on to your True American friends. Y’all know who they are…
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: It never occurred to you to be offended by the phrase, “One nation, under God.”
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You’ve never protested about seeing the 10 Commandments posted in public places.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You still say “Christmas” instead of “Winter Festival.”
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You bow your head when someone prays.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You stand and place your hand over your heart when they play the National Anthem.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You treat Viet Nam vets with great respect, and always have.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You’ve never burned an American flag.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You know what you believe and you aren’t afraid to say so, no matter who is listening.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You respect your elders and expect your kids to do the same.
You might be a TRUE AMERICAN if: You’d give your last dollar to a friend.
If you got this email from me, it is because I believe that you, like me, have just enough TRUE AMERICAN in you to have the same beliefs as those talked about in this email.
God Bless the U S A ! Amen
AND PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IN ENGLISH.
This was a response to the above post:
I take offense at being a “true” American means being Christian. Being a true American means being open minded and letting other people believe what they want. It is the reason most colonists fled to the “New World” in the first place, being persecuted for their beliefs. Don’t try to cram your beliefs down my throat. I am American through and through, but I do not believe in God and do not want to see that junk all over the place. People just assume EVERYONE believes in that stuff and so why shouldn’t it be every where? I don’t shove my beliefs in your face and you shouldn’t do that to me. I respect that you believe in God, why can’t you respect that I don’t want to see these ridiculous phrases (phrases with God in them or the 10 commandments) all over the place where things should be IMPARTIAL (government buildings). I tried the whole God thing for 24 years and it made me miserable, so do not try to tell me “that” is the way to live just to be American. Religious freedom is what America is (or should be) about!
Now, Did I MISREAD the initial TRUE AMERICAN post, or is this woman who replied, just seething with ANGER? She points out that we should be free to believe in God, and that part of being an American is the right to religious freedom, but in that same post she says that she doesn’t want it crammed down her throat. Have I missed something, or am I right?
Yeah here we get to hear a ‘pick and choose’ history lesson from atheists. We also came from the Colonies to have the right to worship whatever we wanted to. Not solely for the purposes of dissenting. Moreover; this is a Democracy. In a Democracy like America where we have 264 million Americans that believe in God versus 36 million who are 50-times more extreme than Jerry Falwell could ever be in terms of their anti-God hate. They should stop taking time off at work for Christmas and Easter. They should stop spending money with the word “God” on it. Atheists are indeed a group of freakish and off-putting individuals. Their condition not only lacks spirtual enrichment, but they also lack the basic social skills essential for basic human interaction. Interestingly enough, the last few Christian versus Atheist debates I have come across featured polite Christians and rude Athiests. Authors like Christopher Hitchens are the most DEPRESSING types I have ever seen. If they want more to join their brigade; for “God’s” sake, at least present it in an appealing package.