These Are Not Opinions, These Are Facts

Some people like to say my writing is opinion. I do not deny I have opinions which I voice but those are based on facts. Here are a few of those facts:

War is bad. I will skip the obvious that war kills innocent civilians in other countries that are no threat to us. War is profitable for the rich and expensive for the poor and middle class in numerous ways. The rich make profits from weapons sales, the rest of us subsidize those weapons sales. Weapons contractors are notorious polluters who are protected from consequences of their irresponsibility because “national security”. The vast majority of military recruiting centers are in low income neighborhoods. Look at how injured veterans are treated, how many are homeless.

Censorship is bad. I don’t care if you like Alex Jones or not. I don’t care if it is corporations doing the censoring. When corporations own nearly all media in the country, they are the government. Even Hitler understood that when you control the media, you control the narrative. That does not have to apply to an elected government. In this case we are being governed by corporations. They censor the left as well as the right. Look at how many anti-war voices they have silenced and ask what is next. Try and find a valid debate on MSM which even allows universal healthcare an equal representation.

Russiagate is bad. Russiagate, issuing mandates to other nations leaders and sanctions are not peaceful. If you think they are, let someone deny your right to buy food, increase how…