Boston Tea Party - patriots or terrorists?

Question

Compare what our founding fathers did in the Boston Tea Party to those in our country today that are speaking out against the war?

Can you speak out against the war and still be considered a patriot?

Does anyone really think Americans, whether republican or democrat, really want to lose the war? That's idiotic, the same as those that say and think as much.

Answer 1

Thank you very much. We need more people like you on Y!A, who actually realize that as unnecessary as the war is in Iraq, nobody wants us to lose.

And as far as I'm concerned, the conscientious objectors of Boston were patriots.

Answer 2

"One Man's Terrorist is another man's Freedom Fighter."

To the English they were terrorist, but to Americans at that time and still today, they were heroes of the revolution and patriots of a nation that did not yet exist.

Consider the wars that never were. What if Kennedy had invaded Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis? The Joint Chiefs certainly were urging an invasion, yet we did not invade. What if there was no one around Kennedy to question or speak out against the invasion? The world might have turned out much different.

I hate when people like Rush Limbaugh and others accuse Democrats that they do not want to win the War in Iraq or the War on Terror. Yeah, I'm sure that democrats are sitting at home hoping that more and more soldiers die in Iraq because they think that it will equal more votes. What kind of person even thinks something like that?

No, people against the war don't want to lose the war. I am a veteran of the Iraq War. I hate the feeling that my brothers and sisters died over in Iraq in vain, but that has been true since the beginning of the war. Leaving now will make no difference; no matter what the future holds for Iraq.

Answer 3

I say Patriots. The Boston Tea Party did not involve terrorism, as not terror was created as a result of the event. It was symbolic.

"Can you speak out against the war and still be considered a patriot?"

Yes, you can if you do so in a responsible manner. I don't like the reasons why this war started, but I realize we can't just leave.

"Does anyone really think Americans, whether republican or democrat, really want to lose the war? That's idiotic, the same as those that say and think as much."

It does seem that some democrats do. They just want us out, that's all, and they pretend like their will be no consequences if we just leave now. Now that is idiotic and simple minded.

Answer 4

I'm no longer a lot in opposition to a stimulus package; the financial system continues to be in the crapper, curiosity rates are as practically zero as they can get, and deflation is a greater concern than inflation at this factor. The Fed is printing money and spreading it around and that could be a predicament, however considering that the replacement... ...I have been more concerned in regards to the TARP funds, distributed in the beginning as they were with out enough oversight-for my part-and now it seems as if both conservatives and liberals are becoming a risk to present ideas and issues. I consider if the cash is allocated in this kind of method as to provide short, medium and long run stimulus to the economy it may ease the agony rather-or at the least unfold it out over a longer interval of time. And it looks like they're getting down to specifics pretty just right-despite the fact that anyone interviewed on NPR said something that looks like a 'punch line' wishes to be taken out of the spending package deal. Haw. However you recognize, we're so far long gone after the last 28 years it would now not make any change what the Feds do, we're all in hock as much as our eyebrows. Perhaps Ron Paul is right, that we just have got to let it occur and choose up the portions-but then a majority of americans didn't precisely vote for him, either.

Answer 5

Our founding fathers were speaking out against the high taxes Americans were paying for imported goods when the Boston Tea Party occured...not against the revolutionary war...

A patriot , from the colonists' perspective(during the revolutionary war), was someone who supported Amercian Independence from England. The British and those that supported the Brits here considered them traitors. To many Americans, it didn't make sense how a country such as England could effectively rule over some colonies that were thousands of miles away. Then we were overtaxed too...well, that was the last straw to many of us back then.

This is a different situation by far...not even remotely comparable. We are not trying to rule over Iraq, as I recall, they rule themselves now.

Let's look at the bigger picture now, the war on terror as a whole. How can any American, with as many freedoms as we have, be considered a patriot when we speak out against it? You might as well be saying, "Hey...I support Al-Qaida, they're great bunch of fellas who killed a bunch more of my friends, all for sake of Allah." Pretty messed up, isn't it?

Then you have the dems in congress who, at the time, we're not in power but were dying to get it back. Their strategy: Let's invest ourselves into the defeat of our military, so when Bush does fail, we can blame it on him, and get our power back. It worked, they're back in power, but look what happened...now you have a ghost sitting at the wheel driving because the dems in congress don't have any strategy for the war on terror, let alone our foreign policy. Knowing that, why would anyone want to support a dem running for congress?

Does the average Jo Shmoe American want us to lose? No...but it's surprising that the dems in congress would...just so they could get their power back...shameful.

Answer 6

By today's standards, the Minutemen Militia and the participants in the Boston Tea Party would be considered terrorists.

The United States was founded on dissent. In my opinion, it's far more patriotic to speak out against something you don't support rather than to follow blindly like a sheep being led to slaughter.

Answer 7

Scott

If we pull out of Iraq we loose. It no longer matters why we went there. It no longer matters if you think Bush lied. What matters now is that we win this war, and that we take the proper measures what ever they are to defeat terrorism around the world. If we loose/withdraw from Iraq the terrorists will come here and we will be watching 149 Americans die each and every day not Iraqis.

Which do you prefer. Defeating Terror in Iraq,Iran, Syria, Afghanistan or Defeating Terror in New York, Illinois, Texas, Michigan, and California

Answer 8

i'm not lots against a stimulus kit; the economy remains interior the crapper, quotes of interest are as on the area of 0 as they are in a position to get, and deflation is a much better project than inflation at this element. The Fed is printing money and spreading it around and that's a project, yet thinking the alternative... ...I actual have been extra in contact with regards to the TARP money, dispensed initially as they have been without sufficient oversight-in my opinion-and now it variety of feels as though the two conservatives and liberals have become a huge gamble to furnish concepts and concerns. i think of if the money is dispensed in one among those way as to furnish short, medium and long term stimulus to the economy it might desire to ease the discomfort extremely-or a minimum of unfold it out over an prolonged quantity of time. And it variety of sounds like they're putting out to specifics fairly sturdy-notwithstanding somebody interviewed on NPR reported something that sounds like a 'punch line' desires to be taken out of the spending kit. Haw. yet you recognize, we are so a techniques long gone after the final 28 years that's going to possibly not make any distinction what the Feds do, we are all in hock as much as our eyebrows. perchance Ron Paul is right, that we purely might desire to enable it ensue and p.c.. up the products-yet then a majority of people did not precisely vote for him, the two.

Answer 9

Patriots for America and Terrorist for the British Empire of the time. They were very Liberal too for the act of bravery.

Answer 10

Yes but it depends on your view. To the English they were terrorists, To colonists patriots. But by no means would they ever reflect todays definition of a terrorist as they never killed anyone, specially in large masses.