Isn't this being a true American?

Question

Isn't voicing dissent toward the government of the day one of the most American things to do? Isn't that one of the truest ways to demonstrate how strong we really are?

Answer 1

In essence what you say is true. Just remember dissent for the sake of dissent is just anarchy. Unfortunately hating our government but doing really nothing about it is the new American way. What most people do however is not dissent, it is actually actively working to subvert our government and that is called treason. The election process in this country is a beautiful thing and that is what our forefathers set up to represent dissent. You get to voice your dissent every 4 years when you vote for your elected officials. That is the time to push your agenda, but when your guy loses and you work against those who won that is actually subversion. And that is what we have in this country. Two political parties whose true agenda is to subvert the other and it doesn't get anything accomplished except the special interests getting there's because both sides have to pay the political piper. Your partisanship is the same thing, you rail against anything Republican and support anything Democrat, thats not dissent that is sucking up. It's easy to whine about all the wrongs the other guy has perpetrated against you, its harder to look in the mirror and admit all the wrongs your own side has done. So you fall in line like a good little footsoldier, and make jabs and criticisms toward the other guy.

So really to answer your question, yes that is the true American and so is the Nationalist who loves his country without question, one is not better than the other and as soon as you people get that and quit being devisive just to be devisive the sooner we can get this country back on track.

Answer 2

I am in college us history in high school... fighting the government has never part of the picture... all the aggression toward Britain was because of stuff they failed to do, or stuff they made 'Americans'. I say American sarcastically because America is two continents with many different people... I am from Brasil, Brazil for the anglos. I know this though, the people have power, but the founding fathers have set up checks and balances so uneducated people cannot put a dictator in power. The government though has to 'move' over if it is not working... a lot has changed since this nations formation... A civil war. The early 'Americans' were very dicided and so they lacked unity... state pride, not national pride because people feared a centralized government... the founding fathers would be turning in their graves with the incredible power the federal government has today.

Answer 3

It sure is and I dont think you can ever have enoth concern for your government to be running things rightly as you see it. The problem comes when trying to get enoth people behind you to make any real change possible and the Gov knows this thats why they try to break your will and stop you from joining up into groups and protesting... Can you even imagine what would happen if there was a major actualy protest at the white house of people screaming all the things they dont agree with about the Gov... The protests of today are so PC they wont get news coverage and when they get to "loud" the Gov is likely to despense with ya as they see fit cause your terrorist at that point...

Answer 4

Yes, voicing dissent when one sees something wrong is one of the most American things an American can do. Citizens who spoke up are the only reason our democracy has survived over 200 years. If it hadn't been for people voicing their dissent, the civil rights era would never have happened, and we would still probably be in Vietnam today. Especially today, we have to ensure that we remain true to the ideals laid down by our founders, and the only way to do that is to speak up when we see something wrong.

Answer 5

Yes it is...Iraq is redux Vietnam. The major players in the Bush regime are many of the same people who were around during the Nixon administration. Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, for example were aides to Gerald Ford who followed and pardoned Nixon. They tried to persuade president Ford to veto the enhanced Freedom of Information Act. Back then they seem to have recognized that the truth would haunt them. It still does. They preferred to operate with impunity then as they do now. What can one expect from the same cast of characters? They were sick then, when Nixon was in office, and, they are sick now.

History has a way of repeating itself as the observation goes. Sooner, or, later, as the tide continues to turn, the people will respond to the pervasive sickness that permeates this regime and the land, and do something about it. The populace will once again become sick and tired of the sickness. When that happens, and I do believe that day is coming, a second president in my lifetime will be leaving the White House in disgrace. The people will line the streets and salute farewell to the commander-in-thief in similar fashion to how they "welcomed" him on "inauguration" day, June 20, 2001. The difference this time will be, however, that George W. Bush will be leaving the White without legitimately having been elected in the first place.

Answer 6

I don't know if you could call it a demonstration of strength but it certainly is a freedom that you have as an American. Protest is your right if you disagree with the government and you are free to do it in a peaceful manner.

Answer 7

perchance your instructor is basically attempting to work out if every person is wakeful. project your instructor: what rumours? Who says so? you comprehend, at that factor, British exploration of the Americas had somewhat began. So the chance that Shakespeare become born on American soil is rather, very distant. Heck, i'm no longer even particular in the experience that they were calling it u . s . of america lower back then.

Answer 8

Certainly not.

Everyone is American, and you can't disqualify anyone or rate "Americanism" on a continuum. You either are or are not.

Voicing dissent is harmless. Voting republicans out of office is an expression of the will of the people.

Actively campaigning against the war while our people are still there is reprehensible. It is not an expression of strength to the world but an expression of weakness.

Answer 9

I think when someone has a problem with the government, it is more American to try to do something to solve the problem than to complain about it. Also, I think Americans need to support eachother, not so much the government.

Answer 10

No. Although we have the right to free speech and our opinion, being a ture American is loving and backing our country through the bad and the good. Remember the government knows all kindsa stuff that we dont, so its not always fair of us to question what they do, we are uninformed sometimes you know?