You know how the Army ordered a division of troops to be stationed stateside to deal with "domestic unrest"?

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/

Well, I'm starting to think it might not be a bad idea.

I would like to believe that these people were cherry-picked from a mostly tolerant and positive crowd. I would also like believe that clouds are made of cotton candy.

Bunch of fucknuts. I hate the kids in this video most of all. Little shitstains!

Blame the parents.

Damn, this genuinely scared me. If these people are willing to make such hateful statements, not only in public, but in public and on camera, imagine what they say in private.

On a deeper note, why do Americans have such a negative view of socialism/communism?

In regards to socialism, I'm guessing that most Americans a) don't really know what socialism is, and/or b) don't realize that most of America's large institutions are socialized (police, firefighters, libraries, postal service, education, road maintanence, etc.).

In regards to communism, it's a strange phenomenon considering that in the early 1900's, the communist party was one of the most popular third parties in America. Was it merely McCarthyism that destroyed that philosophy in USA or something else? Do most American's really know what communism is?

The funny part about it is, they are the monkeys just repeating back what was told to them. If you cornered any one of them, they'd have no idea wtf they were talking about.

^agree.

Judging by the statement "I don't want to be a communist or a socialist; I want to be an American," I would guess that these folks aren't aware of the intellectual underpinnings and pros and cons in that debate.

I'm afraid of americans.
I'm afraid I can't help it.
(God is an american...)

americans are awesome maybe not this bunch, but you can easily find ignorance everywhere. awesome americans will elect obama president pretty soon!! crossing fingers and toes!