There is no end game to a war on terror. It is the perfect excuse for those who want to dismantle the constitution and curtail our civil rights. Our current president hates criticism and dissent. He has a thin skin. This is the perfect pretext to stifle dissent.
2007-01-16 05:17:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Charlie: Dissent does not have to be courteous, it just has to be honest. Was Thomas Paine courteous? If he had been we would still be a colony. Thomas Jefferson knew that dissent is the highest form of patriotism. I fought in one misguided war. It was dissent at home that saved another 58,000 from dying.
2007-01-16 05:40:56 · update #1
It is the duty of every American to monitor and criticize the actions of our leaders. Nothing destroys a nation faster than to give ANY politician a free hand and require no oversight.
Harry Truman, despite all of HIS faults as president, had two excellent mottoes that ought to be tattooed on the forehead of every president:
"The buck stops HERE" and "If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen".
If Bush or anyone else cannot stand up to the scrutiny of the American public he does not deserve to hold the highest office in the land.
2007-01-16 05:29:15 · answer #1 · answered by normanbormann 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How old are you? How much history have you studied? How much life have you experienced? All of these things make a difference in your outlook on life and the current war. You may certainly state that you disagree wih the president's actions and policies. But some people turn their disagreement into personal attacks that they themselves would certainly find difficult to tolerate if the tables were turned. Dissent is certainly not being stifled. If you want to express your difference of opinion, the most effective way to do so is by being very well informed, courteous, and in possession of accurate historical information. This applies to people on both sides of any issue.
2007-01-16 13:33:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The most patriotic thing you can do, in America, is question your government. Regardless of a war, or your opinion of it, Thomas
Jefferson would call it your god given right. And all people dislike being criticized, president or not, excluding those with certain sexual fetishes. Just remember: If you don't like the government, vote. Get your friends to vote, make sure everyone you know votes. Volunteer to drive people to polling places, be part of the process, because our sitting president does almost all these things.
2007-01-16 13:36:08 · answer #3 · answered by sideshow 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Is it unpatriotic? No, but it is unpatriotic to call him a war criminal or suggest that he's like Hitler." No it's not. If he is in fact comparable to Hitler, then comparing him to Hitler is not unpatriotic. Imagine the same logic used by the Iraqis under Hussien. He was a terrible man, and if a man like this was our leader it would be our duty to criticize him.
"Also, you don't know that this war won't end." And you don't know it will.
"The constitution is not being dismantled, and I don't know of anyone that had their rights violated." Yes it is, and rather blatantly. Just because you don't know that they are spying on you doesn't mean they aren't. And imagine if you were to be accused of terrorist activities and held in a prison in Cuba without trial and hope of resolution. No, it hasn't happened to an American. Yet.
Maybe I'm a little paranoid, but I see our government being handed to big business. Big business tends to forget about the little guy, stampeding over them to get to short term profits. BTW, war is good for big business...
2007-01-16 13:35:02 · answer #4 · answered by InjunRAIV 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think he said he had a "Thick Hyde".
A Congressional bitchslap is soo overdue. I've been getting great feedback from my Reps here in MI concerning the misadventures of the Simian Boy King. The light is finally beginning to sneak through the clouds--stay positive.
2007-01-16 13:29:59 · answer #5 · answered by scottyurb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it unpatriotic? No, but it is unpatriotic to call him a war criminal or suggest that he's like Hitler. Also, you don't know that this war won't end. The constitution is not being dismantled, and I don't know of anyone that had their rights violated.
2007-01-16 13:22:26 · answer #6 · answered by Pfo 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Y E S!!!!!!!!
2007-01-16 13:22:20 · answer #7 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋