I THINK IT SHOULD BE!! You can get in trouble for threats to him but nothing else! It makes everyone look bad when people on TV are talking about how dumb he is or making jokes about him. You’re just giving other countries something to laugh about. Yes, I know "Freedom of Speech", but come on some people should keep their opinon to their self!
2006-09-27 06:50:36 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
It's scary that so many people agree with you
Have you had American History in school yet at high school level or above? This is not meant as an insult at all. I hope you haven't gotten that far in school yet, and that's why you're asking this question.
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Mastermi.. - that's not a dumb question or series of observations at all. Granted she needs some work on her writing, but she expressed a lot of ideas, and she's definitely thinking critically about a lot of things. Can I say the same for you? Judge not...
2006-09-27 06:56:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Many people have paid the ultimate price for freedom of speech. You can say what you want about anyone pretty much because of this freedom. WHEN you make a threat, then you cross the line and it becomes illegal.
Whether you like the President or not, NO OTHER NATION should down him and call him names like the Iranian President and Chavez. I really didn't Like Clinton because he and Hillary lied about the Rose Law Firm, but I wouldn't like a foreign leader calling him names, because he was our Commander in Chief.
I think people need to Boycott Citgo oil and gas stations, not spend a dime there and send a message to Chavez, that Castro wanna be, that we don't need his stinking oil.
2006-09-27 09:02:18 · answer #2 · answered by bigmikejones 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I get upset with it, too, but then again I went along with it when they were dissing on Clinton, and back when I was younger I thought making fun of Reagan was funny on SNL, etc. The next president will be made fun of, too, so I won't be hypocritical by saying that THIS one shouldn't be made fun of. Besides, everyone knows deep down that you've got to be smart and able to rise to the level of President, so the jokes and comments don't have any real effect, as far as I'm concerned.
2006-09-27 07:01:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Exactly WHO looks bad? A nation that was so enlightened that over 200 years ago gave its citizens the right to freely express what they felt? Bush? Because it shows that we all have individual minds and aren't obliged to heap praise on a job not well done? You? Because you don't like criticism? The US gives othe countries a LOT to laugh over, not just the fact that there is dissention in the ranks. When the Constitution was drafted, it was revolutionary for the rights afforded its citizens. Now it is the standard. Just because you are uncomfortable doesn't mean we should slide back to the dark ages.
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
~Benjamin Franklin
2006-09-27 07:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well maybe its not good , but if the whole country feels basically the same then isn't that your answer.We all have someone we love or care about who is being sent in to he-l for what?For a man who acts as though he is a ruling king and doesn't have to answer to any one. I myself don't care about the fact he's ridiculed, I think he's cost all of us too much. Lives lost children without fathers , mothers with out sons, wife's with out husbands, How much more should America take. We The PEOPLE!!!
2006-09-27 07:12:02 · answer #5 · answered by ret w 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's a pretty fascist attitude there buddy!
He (whoever HE/SHE may be) is not untouchable - the President (as with any other elected official) is a servant of the people and if you forget that then you are responsible for your own downfall. Every elected official in the world is a servant of the people and no leader of any country whether democratically elected or inherited a monarchy is above the law.
And just to push home my point - the man is a blight on society - a F uckin' loser moron who put a loved one of mine in harm's way in Iraq without a clear discharge date and has kept him way too long. Support the troops but never the Idiot in Chief or his council of cronies.
2006-09-27 07:12:28 · answer #6 · answered by Lee 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Of course not! When a person sets out on the political trail hoping to become a country's leader, then s/he should expect to be criticised and held to account - otherwise you are arguing for a dictatorship.
Regrettably, the present incumbent exposes himself to criticism on many fronts, and he gets it because the USA and other western countries are healthy democracies.
I am quite sure that Mr Bush shrugs off all the comments that he reads or hears since he is convinced that his policies are right.
2006-09-27 06:58:30 · answer #7 · answered by avian 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I am really surprised that Bush hasn't tried to make it illegal, he fires people who question him, he has made it legal to arrest and hold you as long as the government sees fit and all they have to do is say you are a suspect in terrorism, and he gets angry and lashes out whenever the American people question his decisions.
This is the president that you are defending, I hope you don't ever make him angry, you may find yourself under a jail cell and nobody will know where you are because he has stripped you of every right you have.
Good luck with that train of thought.......
2006-09-27 14:01:54 · answer #8 · answered by Joy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."
Teddy Roosevelt, May 7, 1918.
2006-09-27 07:08:18 · answer #9 · answered by nebtet 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Who will define what's bad? Would you ban Jay Leno from making jokes about Bush in his monologue or Saturday Night Live from doing satirical sketches? Would you ban Representatives from criticizing Bush on the house floor? Who the hell are you to decide which opinions should and should not be allowed to be voiced? That is unbelievably arrogant.
2006-09-27 07:04:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋