Draft Hollywood

The writer of this article in the LA Times is calling on more pro-American propaganda, and I heartily agree with him.

One of the great aspects of America and its Christian roots, is the demand that we examine our own sins before we judge others. The American culture supports lots of diversity in opinion and lots of self-criticism.

But we also need reminding of what is good about American culture and what is bad in those who want to destroy America and what it stands for.

The US government is not good at that, and Hollywood is great at it. Why? The government uses words and actions. Hollywood uses stories, which are emotionally powerful.

Why can't we get the opinion-shapers involved in promoting a more inspiring vision of what America was conceived and birthed as, and what it still aspires to be? A defender of freedom, a help for the oppressed, a force for justice and equality and opportunity.

By the way, I like this writer's term for the alternative in today's world: islamo-fascism. They are intolerant, vicious, and need to be stopped.

"the distinctly American message that it's not bloodlines but national creeds that make a people, and that while even so great a creed as ours can't guarantee the decency of individuals, evil creeds surely sweep them up into destructive madness and therefore must be opposed."