After watching a documentary about the civil rights movement of the early '60s, I was reminded that the most repeated complaint by conservative southerners at the time was that those who were pushing against their racist culture were "agitators." Again and again, racist political leaders openly told anyone who would listen that if "the agitators" would just leave them alone and stop trying to end racism, everything would be fine.
I couldn't help but wonder if the people of Iraq had used the same language when the U.S. invaded, would the same conservatives supporting war there (and everywhere else they've been the only proponents of war) on the basis of "liberation" agree that they were also "agitators" and should therefore stay away?
I couldn't help but wonder if the people of Iraq had used the same language when the U.S. invaded, would the same conservatives supporting war there (and everywhere else they've been the only proponents of war) on the basis of "liberation" agree that they were also "agitators" and should therefore stay away?
No comments:
Post a Comment