Mood:  quizzical

dis·cov·er

–verb (used with object)

This word confuses me.  In the definition above it can mean all the way from just seeing something all the way to finding something. 

Okay well, this is a word that used to make me very angry.  Now I just chuckle whenever I hear it used in reference to "explorers", "the New World" "America"...  I mean now that's subtle...   a sneaky hidden superiority/racism is weaved into 'little' statements like this one.  This is probably why so many people deny or miss this one.  I mean it's really mind boggling that someone could look at the statement "When Columbus discovered the New World..." and actually not question it!  ("New World" is, of course, a loaded euphemism too)  This shows a deep deep problem...  a person's mental faculties really have to be off kilter for this one to take hold.  I questioned this the first time I heard it at 6 years old.  Have to really think how come no one else in my class did or thought to?  It's really sad but American Denial/Guilt is a lineage...  passed down from generation to generation...  and IMO that's why patriotism get's so out of control and skewed here.  If you really know something is true, then you don't have to shout it from the rooftops every chance you get.  Who must that person be trying to convince? Me or them? Healing comes through facing every part of ourselves. America will fall if it does not do this.  America appears to be forcing "a lesson" upon itself, because it won't do it voluntarily. 

 And here's another good "true statement"... recently I've been hearing this more frequently in reference to the government being 'hijacked'? -->...  "This country was founded on the principles of freedom..."  Okay stop.  Huh?!  Which country? This one?  **All the founding fathers had slaves.  Seems to be a big contradiction/problem there.  Unless the people making these statements today don't believe blackmen / native american men / women count under freedom?  :looking:  And see, it has to be said, that a good majority of white Americans have always felt free.  The others of us still don't.  So us "others" recognize that fear in their faces...  it's what we live with daily, we've just had longer to get used to it and that has been OUR LINEAGE.  I was raised knowing how to cope with this.  Well it would just be cool if people would use that gray matter sometimes and realize that facing inner lies/fears won't kill the physical you...  it will just make you stronger.

*Just for reference sake, of course , I must say here for those that don't know...  the founding fathers did not come up with the framework for the American government all on their own.  They had A LOT of help from the Iroquois Federation via Mr. Franklin.

**Another 'little' fact...  In 1784, five years before he became president of the United States, George Washington, 52, was nearly toothless. So he hired a dentist to transplant nine teeth into his jaw--having extracted them from the mouths of his slaves.

Here's a link to a video of Mr. Dave Chapelle... (I can't figure out how to embed the video)  it has cussing/'strong language' so if you're easily offended...  don't watch!    It starts to be relevant to the above topic around 02:01 , but all of it's funny!

[I edited this post for clarity and video link]

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with greatest love,

cottonseed