Patriotic Shame

   You can say what ever you want to about the following comment, but i could not give less of a fuck. I am deeply, truly, painfully ashamed to be an American in these days. When I was a child even in rural North Carolina, we were taught what a great country this was. One of the biggest points made to us was that this was a place of freedom and acceptance. Where anyone could be anything and freedom of choice was a guiding principle. Now we live in a world where people are allowed by law to picket dead soldiers funerals but not to get married. Where less and less you hear stories of truly good things happening. Gone is the sense of community that existed in my childhood. No one knows their neighbors anymore, and sadly that's more from self preservation than anything else. The little guy gets screwed, old people get completely fucked, and people seem to get an insane delight in finding heinously fucked up shit to do to each other. Religious freedom means every ones beliefs are respected and church and state are separate but God is used as an excuse to make policy. What happened to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness?  What happened to let freedom ring? Where did America lose it? It makes me sad, and like I mentioned earlier, very, very ashamed.