How is it possible?

Question

That so many people can loathe their own country so much. Are they just blinded by white hot Bush hate? Are they hosed by what the mainstream media comes out with? Is life too soft for so many that they have forgotten that freedom IS NOT FREE? What gives?

Answer 1

Bush has not pushed this country in any direction,this country has been pushed by radical islam. the radical islam cares for nothing but the murdering words that is written in the koran.wake up world,the radical islam will murder you.

Answer 2

Yeah man im with u on that! I can see what makes it possible. People raising their status above american corruption and transforming into an all knowing god. For some reason people like that. They feel a sense of security among others and family members who all share the same view. Since they raised their status who has any room left to care what becomes or our global efforts and security measures. "If it happens it happens because as of right now im going to look like ive gotten everything figured out because i just know people like that." And if anything wrong turns up and what they thought was right wasn't they still have fellowship with more than a million other people. Then they claim ignorance. Yeah im in for 4 more years and im thankful for all of this insight that ive gotten, but it still makes me made when they transform bush a gentle yet soild protector of the people, into a little insecure midget cowboy from Texas. He doesnt just sit around and do nothing but contemplate perfection he gets up and does something with people, mistake or no mistake.

Answer 3

Too many people make the mistake of confusing their country with the government (and vice-versa.) Our armed services are one of the few in the world that pledges to the constitution rather than an individual, party or group of people and this is an example we all could take.

I dissent, I criticize and I protest because I love my country. I love the ideals that America stands for: freedom, equality, justice, democracy and opportunity. I pledge allegiance to no man or party and if I believe a government is pursuing policies that counter one or more of these ideals, not only will I speak up, but I have a duty, as honorbound as the duty of our soldiers, to speak up. This is patriotism.

I don't expect to be able to say these things without rebuttal or criticism. That exchange is all part of the great argument, the great experiment, that we call America. This constant check by the populace is what keeps our leaders humble.

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death."

"I don't agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

Would you do the same for me?

Answer 4

I could care less about Bush!
Freedom not being "free" is only part of it.
Too much crime in politics.
Too much greed in business.
Too much oversight in day-to-day living.
We have grown to accept and allow far too much within our own country.
Homeless people are an accepted fact.
Starving children are an accepted fact.
Old people losing their homes because they can't afford the taxes and insurance is an accepted fact.
Piss poor education is an accepted fact.
Social security failing is an accepted fact.
These things are not going away and we as a country are NOT doing what we should to combat these problems.
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Answer 5

Ya know... I REALLY don't like the direction in which Bush has pushed this country, but I still love being an American.
I don't really know anyone who hates the country. I just know a lot of people who are a little upset about how things are going, especially with regards to how we're viewed by the rest of the world. It's embarrassing.
Saying that dissidents are anti-American isn't realistic. It's like saying that people who don't want our men and women to be stuck in a quagmire in Iraq are against the troops. That's just silly. They're for the troops... they just want them to be able to come home sans body bag.

Answer 6

You know what, people are ALWAYS going to hate the current president--always, always, always. Bush is a lame duck, there is no doubt, but look how we reacted to Ford's death, and he was voted out after TWO AND A HALF YEARS and we are heralding him as a hero. I think a lot of people love this country and that's why they are so harsh on it's leader, it's a hatred born from love.

Answer 7

Your perceptions are not accurate/true. There are people who hate this country. Some are citizens. Most citizens do not hate this country. I don't know why Pres. Bush is hated. I understand disagreements. I don't understand the honest and absolute hatred of the man. As for other matters, people have rights. They don't have to be right; they do have rights not to be right. Oddly said and true.

Answer 8

People are just being people and using their constitutional right to the freedom of speech. Freedom fighters to many means terriorists. Are they not also trying to gain freedom but are called terriorists? Just a thought out loud I would share.

Answer 9

I do not know why people hate bush he has been the only one that hasn;t give up on our freedom.I wish every body would open up there eyes and take a good look at them self's in the mirror.Why don;t you no that freedom has to be fought for.

Answer 10

The administration has made some operational mistakes in Iraq, but its real failure is in its failure to explain what kind of war we're fighting. It seems almost universal that people think we're in a second-generation war and have no idea what fourth-generation war is. It's a stretch to think the American people will support something when they have no idea what it is they're supporting.