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I see that comment so much on this site. My own view is that most critics of the USA are criticising because they love their country and the principles upon which it was founded, and are upset by the ways in which the constitution is being raped by GWB on an almost daily basis.

"Love it or leave it" hardly seems like a ringing endorsement of free speech, does it?

2006-09-02 16:19:37 · 13 answers · asked by Big E 3 in Politics & Government Politics

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IF anyone EVER said that to ME!! I would in NO uncertain terms tell them RIGHT QUICK!! YOU leave!! IF you don't like what I say about GW BUSH!!!! YOU Pack up and leave!! YOU are the one that is unpatriotic!!!! MY men folk fought and died so I could open my SOUTHERN MOUTH and TELL IT LIKE I SEE IT!!! in a another word... YA'LL sit down and SHUT UP!!! Or leave... I hear you can't say what you want to in Iran--China----GO THERE and smart off!! Notify your next of kin first.. and to where to send your nasty head!!!!!!

2006-09-02 16:34:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

It's not as dangerous as giving aid and comfort to the enemy, which is what the left does every day, by rooting against the U.S. while we're at war.

Funny how people keep saying that criticizing the President and the U.S. is 'patriotic'... well, I guess if that's the case, then the most patriotic people in history are Republicans of the 1990s for our criticisms of Bill and Hillary... oh wait, I almost forgot...back then, if you disagreed with the President's policies, you weren't being 'patriotic', you were being a 'hater'.


By telling libs to love this country or leave it, people are just exercising THEIR rights to free speech...what's wrong with that?

2006-09-03 00:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Love it or leave it...I've always hated that saying.

If the current laws and policies of government does not serve the people, it is a citizen's right and responsibility to question it.

If the "love it or leave it" philosphy were the norm:

Would woman be able to vote?
How would blacks and other minorities be treated today?
What would the work environment be like without unions questioning everything?

If women, minorites, and unions didn't stand up and yell "THIS SUCKS!!!", people would still be getting screwed over to this day.

I'm sure people can come up with a ton of other examples of beneficial changes in society. These were just the first three that popped in my head.

Society is constantly changing, so people obviously have to change with it. When people don't want to change, that's when slogans like this seem to come out.

2006-09-02 23:30:20 · answer #3 · answered by Slider728 6 · 1 0

If our forefathers had accepted this way of thinking... then the Revolution would have never started...

America was based on decent and it's strength is decent... that's obvious... almost to the point where criticism is much more in the tradition of American than saying "love it or leave it" is...

Speakeasy: if the qb has thrown 10 interceptions in a half ... you're a fool if you keep rooting for him... even if he is on your team... he should bench himself before he hurts the team... that's what a real team player does...

2006-09-02 23:37:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

"Love or Leave It" exactly represents free speech. But I don't understand why you would equate criticism of the U. S. to "love" for the US. I don't see the correlation. The Supreme Court is the one raping the Constitution, not GWB.

2006-09-02 23:29:10 · answer #5 · answered by Speaking_Up 5 · 0 1

Your right about that but understand that GWB term will soon come to an end. I applaud him for one thing. I see the people of this country taking concern like never in my 46 years.

2006-09-02 23:34:54 · answer #6 · answered by charles j 2 · 0 0

so the only way you can work with a government u need to set up a siber government that counts on questions and has people vote. the rule would be that everyone has there own laptop and for the people that dont we create a ballot they fill out.
think about our branches yahoo, earthlink, google ext.
a hole new way of thinking can be put together towards one cause. that is finding a new planet to colonize. Bush has turned us away from that

2006-09-02 23:27:36 · answer #7 · answered by Get Over It 2 · 0 0

It is a question of loyalty in a time of conflict. When others interfere with our interests, is your primary loyalty to the US? Will you fight or take whatever action is necessary to defend the interests of the US? Even if the struggle involves harming others (like the horrific harm done in WWII)?

In short - the question is, "Are you on OUR team?"

Imagine a football game in which some of the cheerleaders start ridiculing their own quarterback for making a bad play...

2006-09-02 23:23:23 · answer #8 · answered by speakeasy 6 · 0 0

Freedom of speech mainly means that the government cannot punish you for what you say nor stop you from saying it. It does not mean that everybody has to listen to you or even respect what you have to say. And it surely doesn't mean that you have the right to determine what others have the right to say in response to what you say. If we don't like what somebody says, we can tell him or her to shut up. The government however cannot silence him or her. So if we don't like your position we can say ;USA, love it or leave it and so long as it isn't the government saying it, it isn't dangerous.

2006-09-02 23:45:20 · answer #9 · answered by scarlettt_ohara 6 · 0 0

It's fatal to blindly follow a leader over a cliff just because people made the mistake of electing the leader.

And it's idiotic to stand by and allow our own government to break its own laws, just because it feels like it, with no valid legal reason.

It is deeply troubling how many Americans are so brainwashed that they will sacrfice the soul of this country, just to appease a man who wants to destroy the values it was founded upon.

2006-09-02 23:23:31 · answer #10 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2 1

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