So many people still say that if you disagree with our president, or his policies, or HIS war, then you hate the US, you are a terrorist sympathizer, you hate the troops (I was in the army, by the way), or you want another 9/11 to occur.
These people seem to forget that people questioning their government was the very basis on which our country was founded. The word democracy literally means "power of the people."
People who speak against the Bush administration are continuously told "If you don't like it move to Iran or North Korea" or some BS like that. Why don't YOU move to Iran or North Korea? You hate the fact that we have the right to criticize our leaders here, so it seems you would be happier in a place where that can't happen.
2007-05-19 13:08:28 · 14 answers · asked by ThatOneDude 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Well put. Americans should actually read the U.S. Constitution. It is our duty as Americans to question our government, because it is OUR government. This is not a question of political orientation--I've examined Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II and I've offered positive and negative critiques of each. One of the most patriotic things a person can do is participate in the political process, even if it means just thinking about it and sharing opinions and ideas with others.
2007-05-19 13:21:49 · answer #1 · answered by falsumnomen 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Hillary Rodham Clinton put it best when she said
"Had I known then what I know now, I would not have voted for this war." (Or something to that extent, I spent a good amount of time trying to find it and failed)
In all actuality and truth, the people are the reason we are in this war. The people voted to continue the war and now we are at this point. The people are not the reason the war is in the state it is currently in, but the people have put the people who made the war be this way in to power (Sorry if that was all very confusing). But basically, what I'm trying to say is, ultimately, democracy cannot be achieved. If democracy truly was achieved, we'd have a new president by now and the war would be over. But America gets as close as we can get to democracy. And that's the fact of the matter. Democracy is risky. Power to the people can lead to unforseen consequences. But America does it. And it's the best we can get.
2007-05-19 15:50:44 · answer #2 · answered by Phyllis M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, some people don't even know their own history. Besides, a nation that doesn't criticize its government is a nation enslaved by its government. As a woman of color, I can see that had the white colonists not rebelled against the Crown, I might be a slave and so might so many other people of color. Even the white women would not be as free as they are now because women's rights would not have come to pass. For those and other reasons, I am thankful to all the people who rose up and defied the Crown, as well as to those who refused to sit at the back of the bus, eat at a substandard restaurant, enter places through the back door, be satisfied with starvation wages and hazardous working conditions, stay barefoot and pregnant, and other wrongs of society. This nation is not perfect, but it sure beats all the other current alternatives.
2007-05-19 13:28:11 · answer #3 · answered by Victoria C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goes both ways. If the soldiers of WWI or WWII had decided to question their orders on a regular basis, or perform some of the seditious acts that liberals (not necessarily democrats, such as myself) do, then there ALSO might not be a United States of America.
You also forget that the patriotic founders of our country did everything they could to STAY English for years. They tried all sorts of things, RATHER than rebel.
The seditious in our country have been talking about rebellion from day one of President Bush becoming President. That isn't patriotism.
You've chosen sides in WWIII.
So have we.
Keep speaking up. But expect us to do the same, republican and democrat, all those who are patriots, first,...
...a political party, second.
2007-05-19 13:15:07 · answer #4 · answered by mckenziecalhoun 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why doesnt Bush just leave the country lol. Ok so it was not an answer but a question. I agree with the chicks. I am glad they aint ready to make nice yet.
2007-05-19 13:12:49 · answer #5 · answered by wolf_ev 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. The US is supposed to be based on freedom and a huge part of freedom is being able to express your own opinions. Free speech people! If you don't like what someone else is saying then don't listen. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and just because two people have differing opinions it doesn't mean they should be criticized for them.
2007-05-19 13:12:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no room for that in this administration, the truth about all the investigations in DC might not have made it this far otherwise. Remember if your not for him your a terrorist, what do you think the Patriot Act is all about. It sure didn't make us any safer.
2007-05-19 13:15:35 · answer #7 · answered by Don 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just as you have the right to speak your mind in the United States, so do people who hold opposing viewpoints!
2007-05-19 13:21:00 · answer #8 · answered by Greg S 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People probably forget we were created by a an independent streak, but they probably also forget a lot of our founding principles.
2007-05-19 13:12:00 · answer #9 · answered by Rational Humanist 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Ok, you write the Declaration of Independence and I will get the troops ready!
Give me a break! If you learned anything in US history, you would not be posting this!
2007-05-19 13:12:51 · answer #10 · answered by Johnny 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋