Movie - The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Just watched John Lennon vs. the US film and feel like babbling.

People don’t like change or anything that’s different. That’s why my life is as hard as it is. I'm way different, I'm disabled.

Nixon was fearful of the hippie movement. Why did he try to control those kids with guns? Those kids where no physical threat. Terrible things happen to them because the president didn’t like change and opposition. He was fearful. But why fear what makes this country great? Freedom to protest and be different. Why did history seem to repeat itself so quickly? GWBush grew up in the Nixon era so why has he made the same mistake? I agree we have to defend ourselves against terrorist, but why are we fixing another country’s problem? Like I said before people don’t like change. Especially when’s coming from a third outside party I bet. Why when we are at war and there’s an election for a new president, why do people insist on sticking with the same guy? Is it patriotism? ‘Oh, I must vote for the guy leading the war, or I won’t be a good citizen.’ It’s people being stupid. Maybe a war needs fresh eyes. Not that same man who if is elected again might be thinking like he’s in the clear and can do what ever he wants. I think with some presidents, that second term they feel like they aren’t in the hot seat anymore and run with it. Almost the same thing has happened 40 years ago. Why can’t people see that? It makes me angry people have let that happen again. But then I compare it to my story and I’m really not that surprised it has happened again. People don’t like change and anything that’s different is feared. I really think that’s part of human wiring. It’s a shame.

I draw my opinion from when the Roman Empire was conquered. Why didn’t they adopt the water and toilet technology? Aslo the fighting in the holy land. They’ve been fighting forever. So why should they change? Civilization has been warring since the beginning of time, that what we do. Why ‘change’ now? I guess a lot of it has to do with education. People need to learn what’s happened in history to make a clear decision of what they want in the future. I just can’t believe it’s happened again, and so soon. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, a good part of the time people's behavior makes me sick.