The day every single person in America stops questioning our Government is the day we turn from a Democratic Republic to a Totalitarian Dictatorship. If I am considered UnAmerican for questioning the way the President or Govt. are running the country, then I am UnAmerican. If not supporting every decision that the President or the Govt. make is UnAmerican then I am UnAmerican. Think of America as a family, when a family member disagrees with the family, does that mean he hates the family?
2006-09-06 04:13:20 · 18 answers · asked by Dubya & The Brain 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It is the very sort of rhetoric the neo-conservatives use to promote their agenda: the mis-use of words, mis-naming of policies, incredibly selective memories, and a devout constituency that inhales the propaganda (because it mirrors their elitist, self-important, and dark thinking), and denounces the facts as lies.
Bush uses the EXACT same tactics (including 9-11) that Hitler used to win over the German public. Those who DEFEND our Constitution, our civil rights and liberties, and PROPER use of OUR military, are dubbed traitors, un-patriotic, and Nazi's.
His supporters are BLIND to his repeated lies, breaking of laws (26 in spying on US), and the dangerous precedent he set when his mis-named Patriot Act greatly diminished our civil rights/liberties and our built-in protections against our own goverment should it become hostile.
Everything we have always claimed America stood for, he has wiped out. Our freedom and liberty has ALREADY become imaginary...he deleted them.
Bush repeatedly stated that TERRORISTS threaten our freedom and liberty, when no terrorist can do any such thing. ONLY our own goverment can deny us these ideals...and with the Patriot Act, it did just that. This makes BUSH the enemy he warned us about...a terrorist.
People who support him are nothing more than BIGOTS, who want laws and legislation that benefit ONLY them. They irrationally convince themselves that providing rights to others will deny them of theirs, and imagine they are victims, when in fact they are the attackers, and protectors of their own elitist mentality.
For instance, the volatile issue of "gay marriage". Gays don't care what it's called, they just primarily want equal FINANCIAL status under the law: equal access to the more than 1,000 (mostly financial) laws that are granted heterosexual couples/families strictly for being heterosexual. Laws that mostly involve insurance, taxation, and financial estate issue. This IS a civil rights violation, regardless of how you feel about gays. SOMEHOW so-called conservatives twist this into an attack on marriage, when it DOES NOTaffect heterosexual marriage in ANY WAY WHATSOEVER. They IMAGINE an attack to LEGITIMIZE denying civil rights.
I can't see any way to get through to these people. They are self, and Bush, deluded, and REFUSE to listen to reason.
They are helping neo-conservatives to corrupt OUR country's Constitution, ideals, civil rights/liberties, and very form of government, to suit their own self-important, self-righteous, attitudes, regardless of the cost to those they are effectively oppressing. They do not play fair. They are too arrogant to see any need to. Bush promises them this country. They support him to get it.
Time to get rid of the Statue of Liberty, as it seems to no longer have any meaning.
2006-09-06 06:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by tat2me1960 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it is not unamerican and is not only the right but the civil duty of Americans to question the leadership. It is about the most American thing you can do. As for name calling it comes from both sides so why dont they all grow up!
2006-09-06 12:15:56 · answer #2 · answered by trl_666 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, you are a model American. That is why the USA has the Bill of Rights. Exactly for people to question authority. It is an important part of the US system of checks and balances. Unfortunately most people don't have time to dedicate learning important political issues, otherwise I don't think we'd be in the mess we are in.
2006-09-06 11:20:59 · answer #3 · answered by blueblood 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Woo Hoo!! I'm right there with you!
Another great example is, if your boss is doing something that affects your job and others, would you allow that to happen? Heck no! You would go to upper management or where ever you have to....
We must do this when it comes to government also. Think of the children of the future that can't speak up for themselves. We have the power to make life better for ourselves and them.
2006-09-06 11:31:16 · answer #4 · answered by Brooke 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Agreed. It is not patriotic to sit on the sidelines and observe. Questioning our government is our duty as Americans. If there were ever a time this was needed it is now. This country is going to h** in a hand basket.
2006-09-06 11:27:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You are totally within your rights as an american citizen to question. Without questioning it, America will be dictated beyond democracy into....well.....a dictatorship. Out with Rumsfeld, that is the first step.
2006-09-06 11:19:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Every party, when out of power, complains about people questioning presidents, senators, mayors, etc. But when they out of power they do the same freaking thing!
http://www.total-knowledge.com/~willyblues/
2006-09-06 11:18:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
he may not hate his family but
his family may now hate him
and send him to his room, for a very long time,and just give him breed and water ,and mabie some help from the doctor,till he's as crazzy as the family and can join in again,
2006-09-06 11:31:58 · answer #8 · answered by twixtull 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Questioning the President is called "free speech."
And if the President doesn't like it...
"...if you can't take the heat, get OUT of the kitchen!"
2006-09-06 11:21:41 · answer #9 · answered by blktiger@pacbell.net 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
What I find so damn interesting here (and amusing) is that the same people who condemn us for question Bush's policies (and/or his sanity) were screaming for Clinton's blood. Tell me was it un-American to rake Clinton over the coals?
2006-09-06 11:24:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋