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The Culture of More and the “Dark Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI)”

The Culture of More and the “Dark Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI)”

by Jeffrey Imm, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)

On Earth, the boundaries of those seeking what they consider to be “progress” are limited by basic foundations of Earth-based life: gravity, the 24-hour day, and physical and mental humanity of human beings. These foundations of human existence, which can and should be a celebration of shared reality and humanity, are considered frustrating “pain points” of those who chart what they consider to be “progress” on an electronic spreadsheet and graphic that seeks to endlessly fulfill a “Culture of More” that has no horizon point, no vision for fulfillment, no end, and no standards… simply an infinite, merciless, inhuman march beyond time, space, reality, and humanity to an infinite “More” – of everything and all the time.

The captains of the Culture of More constantly decry the shared reality of humanity on Earth, rather than recognize and respect our common bonds, they demand that we snap these bonds as “chains” on our humanity. They demand that we must become more than human. They demand that physics and time themselves must be beaten and shaped into malleable tools that they can wield for the inhuman drive for the Culture of More over all other priorities. To the captains of the Culture of More, there is no other meaningful goal in life itself other than… More.

The concepts and arguments on other aspects of life: companionship, contemplation, laughter, joy, comfort, respect, freedom, dignity, mercy, our shared enjoyment of a limited life, and even peace – these are all nothing more than chunks of coal to the captains of the Culture of More – to be used as fuel and tossed into a raging fire of what they consider “progress” towards the endless and infinite worship of the Culture of More. What human beings have sought, debated, honored, and wondered wistfully about over the eons of time are to be considered as nothing more as rough bricks to be shaped and hewn into building an endless highway winding into infinity as an religious altar and the only possible goal that humanity should seek — of MORE.

The context of this global dystopia of the captains of the Culture of More rising against humanity and human existence itself is ignored. The Culture of More has become so all-pervasive, so all-consuming, so total in its cruel grip around the throat of human existence, much of humanity no longer questions it. The Culture of More has become “normal” as its atomic-level obliteration of normal boundaries of humanity and physical/mental/moral/ethical gravity. After all, who could even consider questioning the Culture of More? Even those who recognize the devastating tide of the Culture of More’s damage to humanity is caught in its merciless grip. As they desperately try to grab onto what is left of our shared humanity, tide after tide after tide of ceaseless waves of the Culture of More batters against them, rending them, knocking them, and shredding the realities that they desperately try to cling to in a common human life and existence. When they do respond, if ever, the captains of the Culture of More sneeringly respond, “Isn’t life itself only a pursuit of more?” ignoring every other aspect of a common human life and existence in their mad pursuit of the unachievable and sacrificing everything and everyone for a cause with no real purpose other than MORE.

The captains of the Culture of More would consider those calls to recognize the unbelievable damage being done to humanity as the whining of losers and the weak, those who are fundamentally “flawed” to fit the holy mission of MORE that must replace the frail and pitiful aspects of what we once considered human life, culture, gravity, and even time itself. Calls to reconsider the destructive path of the Culture of More are mere whispers. Such calls are barely audible, and only if one could stop long enough to look and listen carefully. Such calls are readily swept away in the gale storms that the captains of the Culture of More relish as cleansing storms to rid our lives from inconvenient humanity and gravity that once bound us together and gave us a common purpose – to now be replaced by the only imperative as a Culture of More.

Amidst the storms of change, the campaigns for the Culture of More look for topics of misdirection to distract people from asking questions about their vision which must be accepted without question or defiance. For example, those permitted to write and define what the “news” and “issues” have been allowed pundit privileges on a different, less-challenging topic: “the Dark Future of Artificial Intelligence (AI).”

The permitted pundits are allowed platforms to speak in the artificial reality where only those voices of the privileged matter that we are told is “freedom” by the captains of the Culture of More. They use their punditry to warn us of the terrible dark AI machines, as if these exist in some vacuum of reality. They state we need to be vigilant about and question the “dangerous” AI machines as the real challenge, as some AI machines may be developed with the ability to “think” “without adequate safeguards,” and which may gain the ability to think for themselves. How dangerous. The idea that anyone or anything could think for themselves could be such a threat to the Culture of More.

While they offer the distraction about AI machines, the permitted pundits are being given a more important message that “uncontrolled thinking is BAD.” And even if their human audience doesn’t quite get the real message at first, the millions of sales messages about the “evil of thinking” will assist to help to tap down any resistance to the Culture of More, while it provides a convenient scapegoat in AI machines – completely incapable of defending their creation/existence – all during the goal of endless changes to society for the sake of the Culture of More. Teaching the masses about bad machines that could “think!” also gives captains of the Culture of More a useful narrative to more readily circumscribe dangerous ideas about thinking at all.

So, the permitted pundits are instructed to tell us what to think about AI machines as a distraction from all the disastrous impacts on our world by the Culture of More around us, and we are told to live in fear of AI machines that may gain the power to think. Because to the captains of the Culture of More, there is no greater threat and no greater “sin” against humanity than the right of “uncontrolled thinking”- by anyone or anything. The Culture of More demands that we must be automatons in lockstep slaving without question for the goal of More above all.

At the same time, the permitted pundits are given no opportunity to opine on who and what the bad “AI machines” are, who create them, what they really do, etc. Because they are not really permitted THAT much freedom of expression; that would lead to inconvenient questions that challenge where the Culture of More is taking our humanity.

And the permitted pundits are not allowed to address mirrors in what is left of our humanity, strip-mined down for the Culture of More, because mirrors would ask inconvenient questions. We cannot really discuss who and what the “AI machines” truly are, because then we would have to ask who and what is creating them and why. Most dangerously, if we discuss mirrors of the AI machines to our society, this could lead to the dangerous reflection that WE have become truly threatening machines to one another.

Humanity as Machinery is not really a permitted pundit topic, and perhaps the grieving heart of humanity might finally break, if the true magnitude of the efforts to change our humanity was fully understood. The captains of the Culture of More cannot have any wasted time in human grieving to take away from the imperative of building the infinite highway for the Culture of More. Get back to work, slacker human.

But if we could think and if the unforgivable crime of freedom of thought and speech was respected, not merely a threat to what the powers call “security,” we might ask the question: “who exactly is building such so-called dangerous artificial intelligence machines and for what purpose?” The answer is blindingly obvious to those who see the threat of the Culture of More to human existence. Along sacrifices of human society on the altar of More, many of such AI machines are built by the same captains of the Culture of More that seek to drive us in their mania towards a humanity without human beings, without human and Earthly gravity, without any of the boundaries in their goal to the unachievable. Because only more machines can get us “there” — a place of “More” that only exists in the fevered imaginations of the captains of the Culture of More, since clearly weak and whining human machines are not up to their holy task of seeking an infinity of More without end.

But the “dark age” of the AI machines themselves are a distraction from the Culture of More, in the same level of an argument of a dark age of machines that “do things for us”: automobiles, airplanes, ovens, fans, telephones, typewriters, or any of the other tools over eons. Like any tool, they can be used for good or bad purposes. In the dark words of warning, the permitted pundits caution but these machines might be able… horrors… “think!” And to a Culture of More, unpermitted thinking is a very dangerous thing – and not just for the human machines. The captains of the Culture of More may want to use tools to expand beyond human capability, but they want to keep any independent thinking under control to deny any ability to question their “holy” mission of More above ALL.

So why are the permitted pundits given the right to question the AI machines? The captains of the Culture of More know that human beings need a distraction from gales of change that batter our lives and our very humanity. They give the weak humans something to watch out the window, while the captains of the Culture of More are sailing the ship of humanity beyond the falls, the waves, and plummeting human life deep into the ocean of uncharted waters where they seek the dissolution of what human life once meant. The captains of the Culture of More believe in letting the worker machines rail against the electronic machines; it will keep them occupied, and even more importantly discussion of the AI machine will help prepare them for the future that a Culture of More must demand. That is a future where human beings are replaced in their insane electronic world with avatars of ourselves, then simply avatars of intelligent thought itself (as we are considered so expendable with human thought). Creating avatar symbols of what humanity once was makes sense only to those who have removed themselves so far from daily and normal human life, that they believe actual physical life is an inconvenience and an inefficiency to their endless Culture of More.

While giving the human machines a topic to debate and complain about, it will keep them from asking inconvenient questions about how both AI machines and human machines are being used for the larger Culture of More. The captains of the Culture of More want no questions about who and why some AI machines are being created, programmed, and their goals, because the Culture of More ultimately demands more than human intelligence. Instead of permitting such challenging questions, it is easier to use permitted pundits to challenge individual AI machines and/or programmers, or even the “sin” of such halting intelligence and awareness being breathed into electronic devices. Because if society has a distraction from the larger issues, questions about the changes in our society can be readily laden onto AI machine scapegoats that have no ability to defend themselves.

Because it makes no difference anyways to the captains of the Culture of More, who will take AI machines and other endless machines, along with every part of human existence as merely more fuel for the endless flaming pyre engine of the Culture of More above all. In the end, the only authority that matters to them is the complete and total supplication to the Culture of More.

To preserve our humanity, we need to preserve both thought and intelligence, which are under aggressive attack. Thought is not a crime. Intelligence is not merely human. Human beings can respect all intelligence without fear and respect our humanity, while respecting human intelligence as unique. If we fear thought, we fear intelligence, then we fear life itself. The captains of the Culture of More want their human machines to live in fear, dependent on only the guidance that they will give, as they strip mine human lives and souls. But we are not the machines they seek. We are Human Beings. We have the power to think for ourselves and the ability to welcome intelligence that respects our actual lives as human beings, something that the captains of the Culture of More will never do in their unbalanced quest to reject our shared humanity. We can respect our humanity. We can declare: I Am A Human Being.

Human Rights Day Event 2011 – Activists Call for Rights, Dignity for All

At the National Press Club in Washington DC, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)  coordinated a Human Rights Day event on December 8, inviting co-sponsors from various groups to speak on behalf of human rights issues important to their organizations.  The groups remembered the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the United Nations on December 10, 1948 and the inherent human rights, human dignity, respect, and social justice that all of our fellow human deserve – of any identity group and in any part of the world.

* Jeffrey Imm, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)
* Ahmar Mustikhan, Senior Journalist and Area Expert, Balochistan
* Carolyn Cook, United for Equality
* Jared Pearman, Spokesperson of Falun Dafa Association of Washington DC
* Husain Abdulla, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB)
* Niemat Ahmadi, United to End Genocide
(For each individual, we have provide Internet links to their Human Rights Day Event remarks.)

The speakers discussed the need to consistently show respect, compassion, dignity, and human rights to people in different parts of the world and in different identity groups.

Human Rights Day – Remembering the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

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R.E.A.L.’s Jeffrey Imm spoke on the need to emphasize respect, instead of arrogance, in recognizing human rights, stating that it was arrogance by those who believe that they had superior rights to others that is a key problem in human rights around the world.  He urged the world to make a “declaration of love” towards their fellow human beings, and to Choose Love, Not Hate, in our lives and the lives of others in our communities, our nations, and our identity groups.  Jeffrey Imm spoke of the dire situation of poverty around the world and the impact on such poverty on human rights, stating that such poverty can undermine human rights for many, including individuals in the United States of America who he was working to support.  He urged people to give to charities and to people in need.

R.E.A.L.’s Jeffrey Imm also spoke on the future of human rights being defined by the example we set, and the way we treat our children.   He spoke on the continuing disgrace of abuse, rape, kidnapping, and murder of children around the world, as well as by those in institutions and society who have not made chidren’s rights a priority.  Jeffrey Imm urged the United States to adopt the Convention on Rights of the Child.

He also spoke on atrocities against children in the United States of America (the murder of 7 year of Jorelys Rivera, the murder of children in Texas), in Pakistan (the brainwashing of children by terrorists, the rape and murder of young girls, and the killing of Christian minority girls, including the recent killing of Amariah Masih), in Sudan and Dafur (rape of young girls, killing of children, and loss of their culture and innocence), in Balochistan (over 168 children have “disappeared” with teenage boys killed by authorities in a “kill and dump” campaign), in People’s Republic of China (the lack of concern of about a 2 year old child killed in the street, the government-sponsored forced abortions and infanticide, and the killing or abandonment of minority children such as children of Falun Gong practitioners), and in Bahrain (five children killed and hundreds of children subjected to excessive force by anti-protest authorities).  Jeffrey Imm also spoke on the institutional willingness to accept such abuses of children, including an Afghan girl released from prison on the condition she marry her rapist, and the reports of child abuse at the Pennsylvania State University and other institutions in America.  He also decried the so-called “honor killings” of young girls and boys by those who believe their cultural or religious views justified abuse and murder of children, and called for an end to these, noting that there were 3,000 such cases in the United Kingdom alone, according to stophonourkillings.com.  He spoke of the oppression against children in the United States of America, and his own efforts to stop such abuses.

Jeffrey Imm stated that these “are all OUR children,” who “are our common bond and bridge to the future.”  He suggested that in this season of reflection and gift-giving in much of the world, that we should first reach out to help the children and the less fortunate among us.   He stated that our greatest gift to children from adult human beings must be in making a renewed commitment to protect our vulnerable children around the world.  Jeffrey Imm stated, “We must give the gift of our courage, our consistency, and our commitment for the universal human rights and dignity to all of our children around the world…. We must set an example for our children. We must provide a beacon and symbol of hope for our children. We must show that by our words and more importantly by actions, in the United States and around the world – to our children – and to each other… We are Responsible for Equality And Liberty.”

A more detailed description of Jeffrey Imm’s remarks can be found at this web link.

A YouTube video of his remarks is online.

Jeffrey Imm, Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.), Human Rights Day Event 2011

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Ahmer Mustikhan, a senior journalist and Balochistan area expert, spoke on the issue of supporting democracy and human rights for the Baloch people, and called the end to abuses against Pakistan minorities.  Regarding the challenges within the Pakistan government, Ahmer Mustikhan called for the United States and the nations of the world to prevent the Pakistan military from interfering with the democratic government in Pakistan.  “It is true the democratic government of President Asif Ali Zardari gave the Baloch 300 bodies in the last four or so years, but still we would support it against the military generals. Democracy does make a difference in the lives of people and we can not remain oblivious to this fact,” Mustikhan said.  Mustikhan, who founded the DC-based American Friends of Balochistan and co-founded the International Voice for Baloch Missing Persons, also asked the world community to intervene in Balochistan on the same lines as they did in Libya to stop the genocide there and safeguard the right to self-determination of the Baloch people. He said scores of Baloch teenagers have been made victims of enforced disappearances and killed.  He narrated the story of a Baloch minor boy Abdul Wahid Baloch, aka Balaach Baloch, who gained fame after his picture showing him clad in a Balochistan flag was posted on social websites last year.  Ahmar Mustikhan also spoke on the issue of Pakistan minorities, including Pakistan Christians, and urged the Pakistan government to free Asia Bibi, who has been imprisoned on trumped-up charges of the “blasphemy law,” which has been used to target and oppress religious minorities in Pakistan.

A more detailed description of Ahmer Mustikhan’s remarks can be found at this web link.

A YouTube video of his remarks is online (Part 1, Part 2).

Ahmar Mustikhan, Senior Journalist and Area Expert, Balochistan – regarding the oppression and abuse of the Baloch people and Pakistan minorities on Human Rights Day Event 2011

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Carolyn Cook, founder and CEO of United for Equality, spoke at the National Press Club in Washington DC on December 8, as part of a Human Rights Day Event, calling for a renewed commitment by Americans in support of the Constitutional rights for all American women, as part of our global human rights goals.   United for Equality is a social justice enterprise seeking the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (E.R.A.) by 2015. Carolyn stated that we must change the way people think and what we tolerate in our culture regarding the rights and dignity of our fellow Americans and fellow human beings.  Carolyn spoke out against the discrimination and the efforts to deny full equality to women in America, in every aspect of their lives.  She stated that we need to take our system back and make it ours. Carolyn Cook stated that United for Equality’s coalition successfully introduced a bill to the 112the session of the United States Congress calling for Congress to remove the time limit on the Equal Rights Amendment (E.R.A.), as the United States previously had the ratification of the E.R.A. in 35 states, and it requires ratification in 38 states and by 2/3s of the House and Senate.  She pointed out how previous U.S. government officials sought to halt the efforts to ratify the E.R.A. after 10 years when nearly all of the required states but 3 had ratified this Constitutional Amendment, and pointed out that women have no desire to “start over” the ratification of the E.R.A.

Carolyn Cook also spoke on the paradigm of options we have as activists and participants in defending human rights.  Carolyn urged a more holistic approach towards addressing human rights as lifelong causes.  She discussed lessons learned from the Occupy movement and other social activist efforts to bring change to the world.  Her discussion on lessons from the Occupy movement are detailed in the YouTube video of her speech beginning at 6:36 minutes in on Part 1 and continuing and concluding in Part 2 of her remarks.

A more detailed description of Carolyn Cook’s remarks can be found at this web link.

A YouTube video of her remarks is online (Part 1, Part 2).

Carolyn Cook, CEO and Founder of United for Equality, Speaks on Behalf of American Women’s Constitutional Rights – on Human Rights Day 2011 Event

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Jared Pearman, Spokesperson for the Falun Dafa Association of Washington, DC, spoke on behalf of human rights and human dignity for the Falun Gong / Falun Dafa.  He provided information about the Falun Gong as “a peaceful spiritual practice rooted in traditional Chinese culture,” which “consists of meditation, five gentle sets of exercises, and a moral philosophy centered on the values of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.” While pointing out that Falun Gong is not political, Mr. Pearman stated that “as Falun Gong grew in popularity throughout the 1990s, China’s communist leaders began to view the practice and its moral philosophy as ideological competition.”  For the past 12 years, he indicated that “China’s rulers began a campaign to eradicate Falun Gong. Since then, like underground Christians and Tibetan Buddhists, millions of Falun Gong adherents have been denied the right to peacefully practice their faith.”  Despite massive arrests, torture, killings and denial of human rights for the Falun Gong by the Chinese Communist Party, Mr. Pearman stated that “Falun Gong has not been crushed, and reports from China indicate that the number of practitioners is instead growing. Ordinary citizens are increasingly standing up in defense of Falun Gong and are refusing to participate in the persecution.”  He called for the Chinese government and the world to recognize and defend the human rights of the Falun Gong. Mr. Pearman offered “an alternate vision of what China could be — an alternative way of conceptualizing Chinese national identity”…. that “connects with China’s moral and spiritual traditions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism, and holds that the cultivation of virtue, honesty, and humanness are the true sources of national greatness.”

A more detailed description of Jared Pearman’s remarks can be found at this web link.

A YouTube video of his remarks is online.

Jared Pearman, Spokesperson of Falun Dafa Association of Washington DC, oppressed in the PRC and denied their most basic human rights and dignity by those who view their practice and support for traditional Chinese values as a threat to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) – Speaking at 2011 Human Rights Day Event

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Husain Abdulla, leader of Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), spoke on behalf of Bahrainis oppressed by government forces that seek to deny democracy.  He spoke of the initial protests on February 14, 2011, of those who sought to join the “Arab Spring” movement for democracy, and the brutal oppression of the Bahrain government.  Since March 2011, Husain Abdulla stated that Bahrain protesters have been subjected to torture and death.  45 were killed, over 2,000 arbitrary arrests, 1,866 cases of documented torture, 5,000 prisoners of conscience, destruction of 40 places of worship, and 3,000 fired from their jobs, 500 forced out of Bahrain, 3 on death row, 477 students expelled from universities, and 300 students had scholarships taken away — all in retaliation for the willingness to protest against the Bahrain government.  He stated that over 500 doctors have been detained.  He noted that Bahrain is a close ally to the United States, and he urged Americans to call for the American government to end the “blind eye” to Bahrain human rights violations.

A more detailed description of Husain Abdulla’s remarks can be found at this web link.

A YouTube video of his remarks is online (Part 1, Part 2).

Husain Abdulla, speaking at National Press Club on Human Rights Day Event – Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) — speaking on behalf of Bahranis oppressed by government forces that seek to deny democracy

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Niemat Ahmadi spoke at the National Press Club Human Rights Day Event on December 8, 2011, to address the abuse of Darfuris and Sudanese. Niemat Ahmadi represents the United to End Genocide group. She spoke about the Genocide in Sudan which has been ongoing for over 8 years, and that have driven 4,000,000 out of their homes.  Niemat Ahmadi spoke on the need for Americans to call for justice regarding Omar Al-Bashir.  She  noted that the efforts of Al-Bashir regime  have changed their tactics and seek to use rape against women as a weapon of war against the Darfuri people. Niemat Ahmadi spoke of the continuing attacks on Darfuri cities, homes, and attempts to stop safe travel of people of African nationalities who have been fleeing to displaced persons camps.  Niemat Ahmadi urged those in Arab nations seeking democracy in their nations to stand up to dictatorial Arab regimes who have supported the brutal Al-Bashir regime.

A more detailed description of Niemat Ahmadi’s remarks can be found at this web link.

A YouTube video of her remarks is online (Part 1, Part 2).

Niemat Ahmadi, with United to End Genocide, Speaks Out on the Darfur Genocide in Support of Human Rights – at Human Rights Day Event 2011

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In R.E.A.L.’s Jeffrey Imm’s concluding remarks, he urged the human rights activists to continue to work together in the coming year on joint activists.   He noted that after the winter comes the spring, and in the spring, he often goes to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum during Holocaust Remembrance Days to participate in the reading of the names.   Even if there is only one or two people there, Imm noted, there is someone to remember, and it is done simply because it is the right thing to do.

He urged human rights activists to remember that in their work of spreading hope, reaching out to offer dignity, justice, freedom, and consistent universal human rights to all.  That is the vision and the mission of being collectively…

Responsible for Equality And Liberty….

Choose Love, Not Hate, Love Wins.

Orange Ribbon for Universal Human Rights – Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)

Egyptian Protesters: We ARE Them

About the Egyptian protesters, Richard Cohen states in the Washington Post: “We are not them.” I am sorry to disagree, and I believe this is the root of our continuing problems, and our inability to effectively challenge extremist views.  We ARE them as fellow brothers and sisters in humanity, with shared universal human rights, human dignity, and human freedom.

We Are Them - We Are Brothers and Sisters in Humanity (Photo: Hassan El Helali)

Especially as Americans, these are the truths that we hold self-evident, that ALL, not SOME, have these universal human rights.  Not just those we think who are “ready” for such rights and freedom.  Do we believe in this or not?

Mr. Cohen states that “the dream of a democratic Egypt is sure to produce a nightmare” because democracy and democratic values “are worse than useless in societies that have no tradition of tolerance or respect for minority rights.”

I have written many times of the abuses against Coptic Christians in Egypt, and I have stood with them in demanding freedom for their people from the dictator Mubarak.  Yes, certainly these abuses start with allowing them to happen among the people.  But the Mubarak government and its policy of discrimination, repression, and oppression of the Copts has set the example to institutionalize such discrimination and hate – and it has institutionalized oppression of all Egyptians.

I understand that some fear the increased power of extremists in a future Egyptian government without the dictator Mubarak.  However, as the Copts, other Muslims, and intellectuals could easily tell you, the power of extremists who sought to oppress others has been significant during and within the existing Mubarak government.  The dictator Mubarak did not care as Copts and Muslims have been oppressed by extremists; moreover, he supported the institutionalization of such oppression.  You just need to have been paying attention to Egypt before the protests.   When dictatorial governments (as Egypt has has for decades) set the example of oppression as an institution, then one cannot expect democratic values in that society to thrive.

This is why Free People Must Reject Dictators of all kinds — Consistently and Without Reservation, Everywhere.

We cannot ask others to aspire to freedom when Americans arrogantly claim to some, no you are not ready for freedom, you are not worthy of such human rights.

Today, on the streets of America’s national capital, Mr. Cohen’s claim is being read that Americans should reject Egyptian human rights because “we are not them.”

In the February 1, 2011 Washington Post, Mr. Cohen claims of the Egyptian protesters, “we are not them,” and continues to claim that America must reject human rights for Egyptians, stating “America needs to be on the right side of human rights. But it also needs to be on the right side of history. This time, the two may not be the same.”

If such an anti-human rights statement is published by the Washington Post, is it any wonder that American anti-Islam web sites have had no shame in calling for shooting at Egyptian protesters and effectively calling for their deaths?

Egyptian Protester Rejects Hypocrisy (Photo: Getty) -- By The Way - So Do Many Americans...

Yet some people will still wonder why some in other parts of the world hate Americans.

We must hang our heads in shame at such anti-human rights statements by Richard Cohen, Violent Extemism Watch, and other groups that claim that everyone, including the Egyptian protesters, do not deserve our shared universal human rights.  This is not the America I know and not the land of the free and the home of the brave.   Those who seek to turn our nation into one of quaking cowards that call for denying human rights and mass murder against others, even if we disagree with some, do not understand what it means to be an American.

So I will simply let America’s founding fathers respond to such outrageous and shameful statements. Let us hear what America’s founding fathers said about what our values, principals, and even identity is as Americans.

This is the “American” position on such human rights, freedom, democracy and human dignity.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

— July 4, 1776 – United States of America Declaration of Independence

To Americans who may have forgotten this, remember when we decided to become Americans this was our founding declaration.  We did not declare that only some deserve these rights, but that ALL deserve these rights.  Americans did so, because even before we were Americans – we are them – we are our fellow brothers and sisters in humanity who deserve the same rights around the world.

These are the truths that we hold self-evident, even if there are those today who have forgotten them.

Be Responsible for Equality And Liberty – for All.