(or the government) than you were before 9/11?
2006-07-17 17:32:00 · 16 answers · asked by winnie 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Why should I be afraid to criticize the president? That's what free speech is about, I'm entitled to my own opinion, unlike other countries where one can get arrested for saying a bad word about the government.
What does 9/11 have to do with it?
2006-07-17 17:35:54 · answer #1 · answered by lachicadecafe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No why should be. If he does something I don't agree with I say so. Are you this is America we have the right to Free speech which by the way, was written originally as a protection mainly for political speech because talking against the king was a criminal act. George Bush is not a king he is the President of The United States Of America and so we can say what ever we wish about him. But just because you have the right doesn't mean you should or if you do you don't have to be rude. Calling him a stupid *** is not political speech it's just immature name calling that people use when they can't give good reasons why they don't like him or what he does. And are you that paranoid that you are afraid to criticize the president? Watch out for the liberal professors in our colleges first they'll nail you for being politically incorrect in a heart beat of say anything conservative in the class room.
2006-07-17 18:02:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I am not more afraid. There is much more to criticise than before 9/11 and anger seems to be a great motivator. Something to really be afraid of is when people don't express their opinions because they're afraid.
2006-07-17 17:40:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I have never been afraid, and will never be afraid, until this government is no longer a democracy (which it looks like may happen soon if the democrats and republicans keep pissing on the constitution). We still have the freedom of speech, but the Constitution has violated so many times that who knows (mostly by democrats, starting with FDR), that we may lose our freedom of speech.
2006-07-17 17:39:35 · answer #4 · answered by Scrib 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should we be?
Bush went to war to try and protect his country, but no one seems to be ashamed to badmouth him, even for all that he's done, and all the trash he had to put up with from that idiot for a president-Clinton.
Bottom line= no one is afraid of criticizing anything in this country. We have turned into a bunch of critical hypocrites.
2006-07-17 17:39:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm more inspired to criticize him.
I'm more afraid of someone tracking all the bizarre websites I've visited researching answers to Y!A questions.
2006-07-17 17:37:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an AMERICAN SOLDIER i dont think a president or a government should ever be bashed. It is yours believe in it and do your best to support it.
2006-07-17 23:57:32 · answer #7 · answered by Geology RockstaRR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ronald Reagan says he told a joke to Mikhail Gorbachev. It went like, ...
A citizen of the Soviet Union walked up to the Soviet Premier and asked him a question. "If I lived in the United States right now, I would have the right to march right in to the office of the President and say right to his face, 'I don't like the way you're running this country!' Why don't I have the right to do that here?"
Gorbachev replied, "But, comrade, you do have the right to do it here." The citizen replied, "I do?" Gorbachev said, "Of course! You have the right to walk up to me any time you want and look me right in the face and say, 'Mr. Gorbachev, I don't like the way Ronald Reagan is running his country!' "
Gorbachev reportedly laughed.
2006-07-17 18:02:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way, I criticize him every day, and I'm probably not the only one by a long shot
2006-07-17 17:35:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never. The government has always been fraudulant.
2006-07-17 18:13:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋