They are correct (to a point) when they mention dissent as one of the most important of our freedoms and responsibilities. That being said, the concept of Loyal Opposition means that while they are free to disagree with policies of the sitting government, to openly call for defeat goes beyond dissent. It is sedition, plain and simple. Does nobody on the left see this?
2007-02-26 09:42:18 · 11 answers · asked by Rick N 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
lltrix: Perhaps YOU'RE not calling for a US defeat in the war, but many leftists are doing precisely that. They are so blinded by their hatred of the President that they are eager to see anything which would hamper the administration...even if it hurts the nation. That IS sedition.
2007-02-26 09:53:19 · update #1
detoth: so let me ask you...would you like to see the US win the war? Don't tell me whether or not we should be there. Don't tell me whether or not you approve. Simply tell me if you'd like to see us win. It's an easy question. Yes or no?
2007-02-26 09:56:04 · update #2
They can't see it and are blinded by fear of standing up.
Not too mention, critical thinking is something they are unable to do.
2007-02-26 09:50:20 · answer #1 · answered by me 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I haven't seen too many people call for defeat. I've seen a lot of valid criticism of policies from the left, right, and the middle. This is not sedition. I've see a lot people on the right questioning the patriotism of those who criticize. Have they forgotten the concept of Loyal Opposition?
2007-02-26 09:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by wyldfyr 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The current hostilities in Iraq represent an illegal action entered into under false pretenses. WMD anyone?
Ask yourself how we would feel about China having over 120 military bases scattered throughout the world, say in Canada and Mexico, or surrounding the oil pipelines of the Middle East?
2007-02-26 09:56:44 · answer #3 · answered by rjfagics 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like seeing Bush's bills defeated, how is that sedition. Or are you talking about the war? That's different. We're not calling for defeat. We are saying Bush already failed in Iraq. What part of that don't you understand? And, what part of that is sedition? How is sending more soldiers into Iraq to become targets of Sunni's and Shiites patriotic? It's not, it's more of the same failed policy Bush started with in the first place.
2007-02-26 09:49:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Have you ever read the declaration of independence?
"when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government"
"whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it"
its not sedition its duty.
2007-02-26 09:55:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you would have questioned people name calling and using nothing constructive I would have agreed with you.. but the fact is that many of us do not see pulling out of Iraq as defeat.. we did what we set out to do.. even though many of us did not agree with that either... but still .. it's done.. there are no WMD's.. the whole reason we went there.... there's no Sadam.. the reason we stayed... now it's up to the Iraqi's.. we have no reason to be there.
2007-02-26 09:52:57 · answer #6 · answered by pip 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I never said anything about wanting our nation defeated. I want our soldiers to stop dying in somebody else's civil war. Not lapping up every ounce of Bush pablum doesn't make me siditious, just intellectually curious.
2007-02-26 09:55:18 · answer #7 · answered by Schmorgen 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We're loyal to America and the constitution, not Bush. Have cons forgotten the concept of "America is a nation of laws, not men"
2007-02-26 09:50:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Few if any "leftists" are calling for defeat of the US in Iraq. You are not being honest when you generalize about "leftists" in this way.
2007-02-26 10:18:48 · answer #9 · answered by sal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whisking a soldier from a meat grinder does not constitute "defeat"....more like sanity. Until a new strategy beyond "same old plus a surge" is worked out, this quagmire in Iraq is never-ending!
2007-02-26 09:45:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
While the far right whackadoodle warturds call us traitors? Get a grip on reality.
2007-02-26 09:57:02 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋