I love this song. I don't feel it encourages leftist or...rightist...philosophies one way or the other, it just encourages, as it says, critical thinking.
"You hate the death penalty but love it in the middle east" is the perfect example of this type of mentality. Americans who like to consider themselves progressive and are anti-war will usually try to stick up for every wretched theocracy in the world (while claiming to hate religion) because "America is the only terrorist nation" etc. People come down on America, and sure it has its flaws, but just because we're against a country for disputable reasons doesn't mean that the country are a bunch of freedom fighting saints (they're not the same thing as the rebel alliance).
I mean, say what you want about whether we should be there or not, most nations in the middle east are run by disgusting men with a disgusting obsession with their religion and uphold policies that are absolute abominations to humanity and egalitarianism in general. I don't believe in moral relativity, I believe countries are wrong to discriminate or be wicked to their people in all cases, which is why I find it so funny when people mistake being anti-war with being pro-middle-east and anti-america. That sort of hypocritical and uninformed attitude is what this song pokes fun at above all
I love this song. I don't feel it encourages leftist or...rightist...philosophies one way or the other, it just encourages, as it says, critical thinking.
"You hate the death penalty but love it in the middle east" is the perfect example of this type of mentality. Americans who like to consider themselves progressive and are anti-war will usually try to stick up for every wretched theocracy in the world (while claiming to hate religion) because "America is the only terrorist nation" etc. People come down on America, and sure it has its flaws, but just because we're against a country for disputable reasons doesn't mean that the country are a bunch of freedom fighting saints (they're not the same thing as the rebel alliance).
I mean, say what you want about whether we should be there or not, most nations in the middle east are run by disgusting men with a disgusting obsession with their religion and uphold policies that are absolute abominations to humanity and egalitarianism in general. I don't believe in moral relativity, I believe countries are wrong to discriminate or be wicked to their people in all cases, which is why I find it so funny when people mistake being anti-war with being pro-middle-east and anti-america. That sort of hypocritical and uninformed attitude is what this song pokes fun at above all