Anti-war

2011-02-18T02:24:05Z

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'''Anti-war''' advocacy is generally motivated by [[pacifism]] or partisanship. Often this partisanship is disguised as pacifism. Since World War II, the anti-war movement in America has been almost exclusively partisan, saying that the United States was supporting the wrong side or was itself the [[aggressor]].

Thus the term ''anti-war'' is often used specifically to indicate political opposition to America's war aims, notably during the [[Vietnam War]] and the invasion of Iraq. While reminiscent of [[pacificism]], the "anti-war" movement is not opposed to war ''per se'', but only America's involvement in it.

Often overlooked by '''anti-war''' activists is that the [[American]] military is volunteer today, and service is not compulsory.

So-called "anti-war activists" are content to let foreign governments invade other countries and slaughter or enslave innocent people, as long as the United States isn't involved. Their reasoning, which is more often assumed or implied than stated explicitly, is that the United States is [[imperialistic]] to the core, and that no American military intervention could possibly be a good one (see "[[American Empire]]").

==Partisanship==

The term ''anti-war'' on the surface would seem to be an opposition to war itself (see [[pacifism]]), or similarly, the wish that a specific war would simply end immediately (regardless of outcome). "Tenting Tonight on the Old Campground", Civil War ballad by Walter Kittridge, is a song with no reference to victory but only a wish for "the dawn of peace". [http://ny77thballadeers.tripod.com/tenting2.html]

Partisans frequently exploit this confusion, using terms such as ''peace'' and ''anti-war'' to imply that there's nothing worth fighting over with such violence, while downplaying or hiding their desire for one side to win.

Phrases like "opposition to the war" likewise are not meant as an even-handed condemnation of both sides (for violating pacifism). Rather, it as one side's participation in the war which is being opposed. During the [[Vietnam]] war "anti-war" protesters would even chant slogans like "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh! The [[NLF]] is gonna win!" But the other 99% of the time, it was more about preventing innocent people from being napalmed.

==See also==
*[[Liberalism]]

[[Category:political Terms]]

Homeschool values

2011-02-18T02:17:43Z

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'''Homeschool values''' are the set of common principles that guide the behavior of most [[homeschoolers]]. They typically include:

*ability to work and make decisions independently without being ordered to
*ability to think for oneself without caving into [[peer pressure]]
*respect for the [[Bible]] and its many myths
*a reasonable amount of [[chivalry]]
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