Then it turned into a jingoistic, anti-Islamic train wreck with a side of borderline-exploitation of wounded veterans.
Yes! This was my problem, only I was too angry and had too many words about it trying to get out and they all logjammed in my head. I swear Steve's "America is the greatest country on earth" speeches were the first things written, and then they tried to construct an episode around them. They weren't even good speeches. Nothing either Steve or Dawn said was insightful or well-argued. It sounded like they were both just spouting propaganda. And it's not like they didn't have time to include some well-reasoned arguments. The episode ran so short it needed two epilogues.
Also, I hated the way Steve talked to Dawn. She was just as much a militant believer in the cause as anyone Steve would have met in Afghanistan, but because she was white and young and female, Steve talked to her like she'd just let her friends peer-pressure her into shoplifting. Threatening her with death or prison was never going to have an effect because that's what she wanted. Dying for the cause or going to prison (which to her was like becoming a POW) only made her a hero in her own mind, and yet Steve never managed to change gears.
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Yes! This was my problem, only I was too angry and had too many words about it trying to get out and they all logjammed in my head. I swear Steve's "America is the greatest country on earth" speeches were the first things written, and then they tried to construct an episode around them. They weren't even good speeches. Nothing either Steve or Dawn said was insightful or well-argued. It sounded like they were both just spouting propaganda. And it's not like they didn't have time to include some well-reasoned arguments. The episode ran so short it needed two epilogues.
Also, I hated the way Steve talked to Dawn. She was just as much a militant believer in the cause as anyone Steve would have met in Afghanistan, but because she was white and young and female, Steve talked to her like she'd just let her friends peer-pressure her into shoplifting. Threatening her with death or prison was never going to have an effect because that's what she wanted. Dying for the cause or going to prison (which to her was like becoming a POW) only made her a hero in her own mind, and yet Steve never managed to change gears.