And what’s the definition of the “democracy” we’re meant to be endorsing? Thing is: Corporate news media don’t define the “democracy” they invoke as shorthand justification for pretty much anything, including war. And as Americans, media suggest, we’re meant to see and celebrate and fight for our difference from an imperialist, racist nation. So it is, respectfully, a good time to recall that we had a war within this country, in which many people declared that they cared less about this country than about white supremacy. Transcript: ‘White Supremacists Were Willing to Hold the United States Hostage’Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at recent coverage of the “no-fly zone” proposal.