Are you tired of hearing, "People died for your right to be free, so don't use that freedom to protest...

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policies that you believe are wrong"?

Protesting the war IS "doing something". If our Decider, ooops, I mean, leader, won't make an effort to listen, we make an effort to be heard!!

So, it's "anti-American" to say such a thing? Well, one of the "really great" Conservatives on this forum said exactly this today!

Protesting the war IS "doing something". If our Decider, ooops, I mean, leader, won't make an effort to listen, we make an effort to be heard!!

So, it's "anti-American" to say such a thing? Well, one of the "really great" Conservatives on this forum said exactly this today!

You would have hated the Boston Tea Party--it was loud, vulgar, and called the existing administration a lot of bad names......

Answer 1

Yes. Just an underhanded twist of phrase to shame dissenters. I am grateful to be in a land of liberty, and thankful to those who have defended it. But no one has the right to use that as an excuse to shut people up who have legitimate concerns and questions as to how this war is being waged, and why there is still no exit strategy or timeline. To me, that's more treasonous than any protest or demonstration.

Answer 2

The reason some say this is that there can be a direct correlation between what people are protesting and what politicians are doing. Many protesters want us to pull funding on the war completely,, and so a significant number of Democrats are considering such a possibility.

Therefore, protests can significantly undermine the war effort. If we pull funding, then you are basically pulling the plug on all the troops over there, the same individuals that you are supposedly trying to protect by ending the war.

So protest as you will and even the President comments on the fact that it shows the strength of our country, but remember that your protest does not come without consequences.

Answer 3

Protest is the American way. Foul, impolite, inconsiderate, sophomoric, vulgar choices in behaviors are not. Those belong at the bottom of the barrel and Americans are better than being rabble rousers. Ghandi protested quietly. He was effective.

We need to know what groups in the population are thinking. Some (not all) may be dangerous, and we'd like to know who they are. How will we know otherwise? These groups are advertising themselves. Makes detective work easier. Free speech is most useful.

Answer 4

Yes, I am. It's so illogical that it is embarrassing.

"People died for your right to be free, so don't use (it)". That would mean that those people died in vain!

I understand and respect the sentiment, but the quote does nothing to support it

ADDED: I am an active protester and I would have loathed the Boston Tea Party,

Answer 5

I'm not tired of hearing it, no. I don't think many reasonable people say that.

But the ones who do are wrong. That said, there is a limit to what a responsible person SHOULD say in the attempt to further their goal. There is free speech, for certain, but there is also responsible speech.

When one starts calling names, like "Liar!", or their main message is "Impeach!", their message goes from a political debate to a radical shouting match.

And when enemies of the state start getting platform time on a regular basis at rally's, the speech can move out of the protected range, and into the treasonous range fairly quickly.

Answer 6

I think you have a right to protest, but you have a responsibility to weigh in the impact of your actions. If you don't think the fundamentalist al-quada types were smiling watching the news and seeing all the protests over the weekend, you are dreaming. There is a difference between voicing your opposition and being a cheerleader for the enemy that are bombing and shooting at our troops.

Answer 7

That cliché has been used for about 30 years.

Answer 8

Have to admit I haven't heard that one, but it doesn't make any sense to me. If people died for us to be free, didn't they die so we could be free to say whatever we wanted to. I thought that was what our country was all about freedom of the people.

Answer 9

What the h*** are you trying to infer with this question??

To have to be told about the sacrifice of countless people to keep America and other countries 'free' and find it tiresome is to be absurd!!
The 'freedom' exists because of the 'sacrifice'.
Protesting about this or that has no place in the same sentence or question. Your query is absurd simply for this reason. I can't imagine a true American even saying what you presume one or more has actually said - your 'question', that is. OY!!!

Answer 10

Protesters are like hippies! I think thats one of the things that turn off about protests,and then you see them give the peace symbol, oh please! People don't take protesters seriously cause if you want something to change you actually have to make an effort at it.