Is America for or against Underdogs?

American theinker.com ^ | October 19, 2019 | E. Jeffrey Ludwig

[Kaslin]

When I was growing up in the fifties and sixties, it was believed that America was supportive of the underdog. That was before increasing numbers of people came to believe that America produced underdogs. In fact, in the minds of the Left, our country is an underdog factory. Or it might be more accurate to say the Left believes that America is an underdog junkie — we are addicted to turning out, bringing in, insisting upon, and embracing underdogism as an exploitative national philosophy. Yet, as sneaky hypocrites, we say we care. We give a lot to charity. We send rescue teams all over the world when there are natural or unnatural catastrophes. We use our military for nation-building in countries that have been involved in nation-destroying for hundreds or thousands of years. We claim to be a country that wants to "save the world for democracy" or be a "light in a dark room." Yet, in fact, as a country, we are Darth Vader in disguise...bringing sorrow, poverty, discrimination, exclusion, broken dreams, death, and despair to people both within and without our country. To the Left, the USA is the quintessence of exploitation. (Just read the all-time best-selling college history textbook by Howard Zinn, A Peoples' History of the United States.)

Thus, our history as traditionally taught must be seen as propaganda. Our great patriotic days must be seen in a new light.

[real saxophonist]

Underdog is for America!

[EvilCapitalist]

We should be for Underdogs, especially when you consider that we were the underdogs against the British empire in 1776.

[spintreebob]

Each of our states, whether 13 or 50, is in an underdog relationship with the central government. Each county is in an underdog relationship with the State government (except for the 2 or 3 counties that vy to be the top dog.)

Each of us individuals and families is in an underdog relationship with local, state and central government.

Furthermore, we are painted as underdogs of big labor, big business, of unChristian popes and Elmer Gantry con artists.

Enter the super heroes, Spider Man, Super Man, etal to defend the underdog from the oppressor.

Enter Alinsky organizers who operate in the rescue triangle of Transactional Analysis Psychology to flip the triangle and turn the under dog victim into the oppressor of the person and institution that was formerly the oppressor.

As Pogo said, so said the Alinksy organizer: We have met the enemy and they is us. So there is a need for constant revolution to overthrow the new oppressor who was the former liberator/superhero.

[gundog]