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From Tatsuya Ishida, author of Sinfest<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“I believe most Americans voted for John Kerry. I believe the exit polls that indicated a massive Kerry landslide. I believe Americans saw through the Republican propaganda machine and rejected it. I believe the heart and core of America is guided by a deeper and better wisdom than what the cynics tell us. All interpretations of this so-called Bush victory brand us as cowards, bigots, or idiots. I don’t believe their analysis. I don’t believe their results. I don’t believe that gender panic and “moral values” caused Americans to vote for more war, more torture, more corporate power. I don’t believe Americans turned their backs on the world. I don’t believe Americans care only about American casualties. I don’t believe we have closed our hearts to the suffering of others. I believe Americans have a capacity for compassion and generosity, for heroism and self-sacrifice that puts to shame all the warmongering and fearmongering of the current regime. I believe the great legacy of 9\/11 was the immediate sense of community and connectedness and willingness to understand the rage against America. I believe that glimpse of universal brotherhood, not the march to war, was the true face of humanity. This is my article of faith. This is my faith-based opinion. This is my gut instinct.
\n-T. “<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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