Alan S. Austin
Arizona Playwright • Writer • Poet
  

WE KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU! (4/02)

Isn't it amazing? The G.O.P., which supports the American ideal of individual freedom. wants to tell YOU what to do and think. Women? They tell them what to do with their bodies. If you get pregnant or are raped by your uncle, you will have to have the baby. What's the problem? Books in schools? Republicans will decide what students can or cannot read because they might read about things which they don't want them to read about. For instance, they could read a novel like Beloved or Invisible Man and find out about the horrors of slavery. Who wants to know about those things? Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee? White soldiers representing the United States massacred Native Americans. White colonial settlers had been butchering Native American for years. Who wants to know? It's just the Indian Wars. Whites infected Native Americans with smallpox on purpose. So what? The G.O.P knows what is best for everybody, will decide what is right and spend the taxes deducted from your wages on good causes, like themselves. This is called freedom. Forget healthcare or stupid socialist welfare programs. Republicans know what's right for YOU and will fight hard for it.