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Jennifer Chou: “You hyphenated me, asshole!”

Jennifer Chou

Jennifer has a B.A. in communications studies from UCLA and received her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law. She was editor-in-chief of FEM Newsmagazine (Los Angeles’ feminist publication) at UCLA, and was editor-in-chief of her law school newspaper. She is currently working as an attorney in southern California. Contact Jenn at publications.jc@gmail.com.
 
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 “You hyphenated me, asshole!”
 
I came across an interesting image on facebook today. It was a picture of a hideous looking eagle with an American Flag waving over its eye, and the creator of the picture had captioned it,

Fact: No British-Americans signed the Declaration of Independence! They were AMERICANS! Take your hyphenated-butt back to your mutherland!

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Murder, Inc. Your Tax Dollars At Work:

Gul Mudin, a farmer's son and civilian, was murdered by US soldiers on Jan. 15, 2010

Sure the US government mouthpieces are condemning the photos as “horrific,” but these soldiers were brainwashed (trained) to kill with no remorse. Why are we surprised then when they kill with no remorse?

Does this smiling killer appear to consider his victim a human being? It doesn’t appear that way to me. Dehumanizing the enemy is a standard aspect of formal military brainwashing. This is what “be[ing] all you can be” involves. This dead man, a civilian, is the son of a farmer.        

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