Hark! The Testimonials

This blog has only been up since September 12th, not even a week.

This blog is a baby; complete with tiny hands, tiny feet, and tiny shits. Evidently, being a baby does not save you from ridicule. In just the short time “Hark! The Mute Scream” has been in existence, I have already received loads of comments via the Facebook note versions of these blogs.

Shall we open up the mailbag?

"You can keep that softest generation bullshit to yourself. Our generation is at the cusp of being the next greatest generation. So many young people are doing their parts in our world. So stop generalizing." - Anonymous Army

Now, now, what do you mean by doing their parts?

Playing Wii is not doing your part.

Driving a Prius isn't doing your part.

Going to church isn't doing your part.

Watching MTV is certainly not doing your part.

Signing up for "Causes" on Facebook isn't doing your part.

Attaching yourself to a "Go Green!" trend is not doing your part.

Doing something a magazine tells you is in style is not doing your part.

Joining the military is definitely, with no doubt in my mind, not doing your part.

You may say that young people giving into "cool" viral voting campaigns, people driving Hybrid cars to "do their part" in making the enviroment better, drinking soy lattes, and signing up to fight whoever we decide to go to war with this week represents our "next greatest generation", well, that's your opinon, and you are constitutionally entitled to have it. (For now anyway.)

My opinion is vastly different. However, I am entitled constitutionally to voice that opinion and not "keep it to myself".

My opinion is we're fucked.

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME. youre entitled constitutionally.. which you wouldnt have without people like [soldiers] joining the army and fighting for your ungreatful ass. everyone has opinions, but how dare you put down someone who gives their life for you and include them in your overly verbose rant about "the weakest generation"." - Anonymous Female Bandwagon Jumper

"Ungrateful and worthless American. Must feel educated and cool to talk bad about the military? How did you right this note? Oh ya, under freedom of speech provided to your ungrateful ass by the military. OORAH!" - Anonymous Marine

Is that the same thing thing the American soldiers say to the people living in the countries we invade while we force our government upon them?

I'm not saying I don't "support the troops", whatever that means. After all, they are just doing their job and some of them didn't know what they were getting into when they signed up. However, if you say you truly care about the world we live in, then join the military, that is like a vegetarian working at an animal testing lab.

Oh, and I don't remember any wars being fought for my freedom in a long time. Imperialism anyone?

In addition, I'll say that if I truly am an ungrateful and worthless American, it is because America itself is ungrateful and worthless.

America itself is built on stolen land, with a foundation of blood and greed. Many parts of our culture, including our language are taken from other countries and other people. A huge amount of our goods are imported from China, along with other countries. Simply put, America is a whore.

Now, I know what you are going to say because you've been trained to say it, much as I've trained myself to respond. You're going to go with the 'ol, "If you don't love it, leave it!" motto. Well, the great thing about America is that it costs a lot of money and you have to go through tons of red tape to get out, that is, if any other country will take you. See, because people in other countries hate Americans, hmm, I wonder why?

The good news is that if you'd like to help me get out of the U.S.A., I am setting up a Paypal account at this very blog to do just that; and if you feel as fervently about me leaving the U.S. as you did about my article, I'm sure you will donate.

Anyway, the great thing about the internet is that if you don't agree with what I write you can just not read it and the problem is solved. I just wish it were that easy for the men, women and children who have to endure bombs and bullets in the places we have ravaged.

Alright, enough with the negative, let's look at the positive feedback and clear our soiled auras!

"Genius." - Lacey from South Carolina

"Dude, you sound like me (as of late), which means we're both starting to sound like my father." - Thomas from Alaska

"Amazing. This is a fine rant!" - Chase from South Carolina

"Thank you for putting some rhyme and reason to my utter hatred for Sara Palin. I could never explain it to other people who knew not of her devilry. All I could do was sort of roar and toss my head about like an enraged polar bear. Now, I'll just link everyone to this, point at the computer screen and grunt." - Amy from South Carolina

"Finally, someone who can say what I'm thinking. Palin is an idiot." - Desirae from Florida

"Beautiful." - John from South Carolina

"This made me proud of you. True patriots are those who use their voice and question the popular. My frustration is as clear as my eight cups a day piss. I've never wanted to punch Tina Fey so hard. Why can't half of America see past all this bullshit? [Palin] is a perfect brainwash full of buzzwords and pauses for applause. Hopefully the media will get off Palin's dick and start concentrating on the two men running for the front office. Or maybe they could possibly focus on the greatness of one Sen. Joe Biden. Just saying. Is Sarah Palin to network news as Paris Hilton is to E!?" - Laser Guided Keith