Are there any Patriots left!!?? What happened to the notion that a Patriot of the USA would defend his/her enemies right to say anything???
2006-12-16 13:37:16 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I would yell louder.
2006-12-16 14:03:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Freedom of speech in the US is already largely curtailed. It is evident on this site also; note the bashing that occurs to those who question the events of 911. It is entirely within people's right to question the government, but when one's patriotism is called into question and people lose their jobs/respect/friends when they do so, it is time to wonder about what has happened to the civil liberties that one's ancestors fought so hard for.
Holocaust denial has not caused a firestorm in the US yet (at least to my knowledge), but with the comments from the Iranian PM and the current feelings about Iran, it is likely to occur. If and when that happens, would people notice that another right has gone, or would they agree with suppression? My money's on the latter.
2006-12-16 21:54:02 · answer #2 · answered by Webber 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would never happen in the USA. This country's press talks about EVERYTHING including secretive matters which none of us are to know. The Holocaust unfortunately did happen and anyone who denies it does so for purely political gain. It is, of course, a lie and I can vouch for the Holocaust because I saw people in the camps after they were liberated. I wouldn't wish this on anyone except Bin Laden and his crew. If the USA forbade me to speak of the Holocaust I would leave the country, but it will never happen.
2006-12-17 04:55:12 · answer #3 · answered by wunderkind 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOW ! you sure flushed out the brainwashed with this question.
from the people who claim it is Nazi ideology, to dispute historical claims, such as a number derived from counting paper clips, to those who haven't heard the lastest that it is now 6 million rather than the 5 million that it was a few years ago.
but i agree with an above answer that suggest it would be time to stock up on clips and spare hollow points! some extra magnesium ribbon wouldn't hurt either, if it came down to that!
2006-12-16 22:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by jj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres such a thing as abusing the freedom of speech. Yes you have the right to say anything you want but when you stomp on others to do it then where are their freedoms? To say this tragedy didn't happen is denying the victims of Hitler the right to be mourned and to deny them justice. The US never said we can't say anything that hints the Holocaust never happened Germany did. Our soldiers are making sure we still have this freedom even tho we abuse like we do.
2006-12-16 21:51:14 · answer #5 · answered by Brianne 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well there isnt a whole lot that I personally could do at the government level, but im no fool. when the us gov says that i cant even speak about a certain subject... that my friend is a good time to make sure you have PLENTY of ammunition. because if the thought police show up at my door..... im goin out like a patriot
2006-12-16 21:50:00 · answer #6 · answered by kchap9 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's ridicules. You state a hypothetical and then ask about patriotism and defending rights. Thats like saying what would do if the sky is falling
2006-12-16 21:45:39 · answer #7 · answered by goodtimesgladly 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
anybody has a right to deny that the holocaust never happened.
I have a right to say that that person is an anti Semite. The 1st amendment is a double edged sword.
2006-12-16 23:06:50 · answer #8 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As unfortunate as the Holocaust was,the Europeans are wrong to stifle opinions that seem like denial.Freedom to speak ones mind is absolute,on this we the Americans are decades ahead
2006-12-16 21:45:37 · answer #9 · answered by miraclehand2020 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have heard incredibly stupid things in my lifetime, from the denial that there was a holocaust, to the denial there was a moon landing by the Apollo program of NASA, to the persistent paranoid fantasies of a conspiracy in the JFK assassination in my home town, to the repeated "sightings" of Elvis Presley, etc.. I often think the American mind ought to be protected from such "mind-boggling" stupidity, and then I realize that it is healthy for the rest of us to hear such blatant ignorance so that our minds can stretch their capacity to handle such atrocious nonsense and increase their capacity to make sense out of chaos. God Bless you.
2006-12-16 21:50:43 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm beginning to suspect you're some sort of WN, hehe, good luck with that. I doubt you'll get much of a reception here.
In any case, if legislation baring the printing, propagating or discussing the possibilities of a non-Holocaust interpretation of events were passed. . .I would first write the ACLU, after all, isn't that what they are there for?
2006-12-16 21:50:27 · answer #11 · answered by an_eshva 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋