“Be careful when you fight monsters…”

Published On: December 23, 2011|Categories: MRFF's Inbox|0 Comments|

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Dear Mikey and MRFF,

Awhile back, a friend dropped me a link to your website. I read through your materials, agreed with alot of it, and periodically came back to read the comments and notes from time to time. I will admit I was surprised by the venom that was in some of the hate mail your group received. The more I read those comments, the heavier my shame of being an American becomes. I’m a 4th generation veteran. My great grandfather was a member of the British Royal Artillery in WW1 (Later died from wounds sustained in a mustard gas attack), both Grandfathers served in WW2 (One was a Paratrooper, the other a B-17 Crewchief with the 8th Air Force). One grandmother was a member of the British Territorial Army and served in London during the Blitz. Several Uncles served in Korea, and Vietnam (SAR). My Father is a Vietnam era veteran. I myself served with the Army in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. I was raised in the belief that this was the best country in the world because we enjoyed so many freedoms that others could not have. Only now, it seems there are many here who want those freedoms to either be stripped from those they feel are undeserving or unworthy. neither my wife or I are Christian, we are Pagans, and therefore undesirables to some. Every day I see what those people are doing to this country, and all I can think of is, was this what my family has fought for? Is this what my own service to this country is worth now?

I think it was Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche who warned against fighting monsters too long for there was a great danger of becoming a monster yourself. I think that’s what happened here. After 9/11 people have become so focused on what they hate about Muslims that they are now trying to enact the very things they say they are against. Why can they not see that? In fighting terror, they are becoming the terrorists. Quite frankly, I cannot help but draw parallels to Germany in the 1920’s and 30’s when the Nazi’s gave that scared nation a false hope for the future in a twisted ideal. I worry that this country may walk a similiar path with the same fatal results. People need to look in the mirror and see what they are becoming.

That is why I am glad you and your organization, are out there waging the fight you are in now. You keep poking and make them look into that mirror. And maybe we won’t have a future with an American Theocracy running rampant.

(name and location withheld)

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