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Title : Challenging the Propaganda Machine: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Needs a Civics Lesson, Because of Course She Does
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Challenging the Propaganda Machine: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Needs a Civics Lesson, Because of Course She Does
My paternal grandfather was a pilot in the Air Force during World War II. His service to our country fighting Nazis is probably the biggest point of pride in our family. I have his collection of wartime papers, photographs, and a few articles of his clothing and pins, some of which I have shared previously here. I remember looking at model airplanes in his home-office and hearing stories of his flight school training.He was crushed when he was medically discharged from the Air Force for ulcers, and couldn’t serve abroad with his fellow soldiers. Had it not been for his condition though, I wouldn’t be here, because nearly everyone else in his squadron was killed in action overseas.
I am proud of my family’s military background, which is at least part of why it was so disturbing to hear White House Spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders tell a member of the American free press (referring to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly), “if you want to get into a debate with a four-star Marine general, I think that’s something highly inappropriate.”
Actually, it’s not. It’s perfectly appropriate and expected.
What’s not appropriate, at least in our American constitutional democracy, is a slavish fetishization of the military—be it in the White House pressroom or at a football game.
What we’ve seen developing lately is a sinister form of blind jingoism and obsequiousness. One that tries to suppress and intimidate civilian criticism of government actors based on the specious falsehood that such criticism is tantamount to “disrespecting our troops.” It’s a false equivalency and it’s a very dangerous one at that.
The American Revolution was fought—and won of course—by challenging the British forces that ruled the colonies. The Founding Fathers were deeply concerned about and highly skeptical of military incursions and overreach into civilian life. Their letters are rife with the fundamental idea that the military is ultimately accountable and subservient to a civilian democratic government—not the other way around.
This is distinct from many despotic nation-states around the world. And certainly, it’s because of that structure that American citizens remain free to criticize their government for failing to live up to the promise of equality that our Constitution guarantees.
The current administration appears not to understand this principle of basic American civics. Make no mistake: for those in power to serve up this type of autocratic propaganda—unchallenged—endangers us all.
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