How are you being "Unpatriotic" if you are exercising your rights to express your opinion?

Question

How_would_I_know, isn't that an opinion? How can one be right and another be wrong?

Answer 1

It's the psychology of deception. The mass dumbing down of Americans by trying to define the black that you see as white.

It doesn't work.

Abe Lincoln said:

"You can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time"

It is a sad and pathetic Neo-Con attack upon the general intellect of Americans and will be righted in the next elections.

Answer 2

You have the right to say what you like (with some exceptions, fighting words or "fire" in a crowded theater); you can even legally say "unpatriotic" things.

Expressing those things is your consitituitional right, but they are still "unpatriotic". For example, you could say "I hate the United States and all americans." Legal? yes. Patriotic? Hardly.

Answer 3

Depends on what the opinion is.

If my opinion was that the U.S. was evil and it would be a good thing if Russia came & took over, I would have a right to that opinion. But wouldn't that still be an unpatriotic opinion?

I think you are referring to those who consider ANY critizism of the president as "unpatriotic."

Answer 4

my definition of being a patriot is supporting the constitution, in all ways.

if your dissent goes against that support, then yes, it is being unpatriotic.

examples of this would include;
intentionally lying to bring down the commander in chief of the country,
aiding the enemy in time of war http://gamecock.townhall.com/page5
restricting freedom of speech http://www.gopbloggers.org/mt/archives/000121.html
Willfully LYING about how the US came to be in Iraq is not dissent http://froggyruminations.blogspot.com/2005/11/liberals-are-unpatriotic.html
Playing politics on the funding bill by the democrats in the hopes of appeasing their base and yet not defund the efforts, all in the hopes of gaining more seats in congress in 08, is decidely unpatriotic, it will forever be seen as a concerted effort to undermine the duty of congress during a time of war.

not sure what else you could call it.

I read much of your Q&A and I did not find any instances of what I would see as not supporting the constitution, but if you are to be intellectually honest you will have to admit that a preponderance of the leftists posts here are clearly "unpatriotic"

Keep in mind the quote, "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." attributed to Jefferson by the leftists is in fact a LIE, and the quote is written by a socialist. Dissension while important to political discourse, when taken to a point of falsehood is unpatriotic.

Answer 5

It depends on the opinion.

If I say I think George Bush has done a terrible job as president, then I don't think that makes me unpatriotic.

If I say I like Al Qaeda and support their continued efforts to kill as many Americans as possible, then I think that is unpatriotic.

Answer 6

Well when you speak out against America it is UNPATRIOTIC. The word unpatriotic by definition means:
unpatriotic - adjective
showing lack of love for your country [ant: loyal]

That's how you can be unpatriotic for expressing your opinions, however misguided they might be. It's your right.

Answer 7

The US Constitution urges people to express their opinions as Patriots, particularly against the government. It built in articles of impeachment understanding that every so often, a President would deserve it. It built in Freedom of the Press so that any citizen (not just college educated journalists) could report facts against the leadership or anything else.

The only Patriots these days are people of every stripe who are joining together at the grass roots level. The rest are mouthpieces for rogues and thieves who are destroying what the forefathers intended for you -- Democracy and the right to pursue happiness.

Be a Patriot and complain when you feel it is necessary. Also, pursue your happiness.

Answer 8

Thank our falling apart society for this. All of a sudden we all must be politically correct. If not we go to jail or get sued.
There was a time when a bunch of marching illegal mexicans would be met by force. Now instead we cave in and let them become US citizens if Bush gets his way.
There was a time that you had the right to speak up but now if you speak up your are a racist.
Our government has turned on us that is why we cannot exercise our rights or opinions.

Answer 9

If your opinion is not in support of the President as Commander-in-Chief and/or is not in support of our military, then, although you have the right and freedom to express your opinion, it would be unpatriotic.

Answer 10

Unpatriotic means saying things that can hurt your country or the morale of the country. If you were to say that our flag is stupid you would be dissing our countries history. If you would say that our president is stupid it can hurt the morale of troops who may actually want to serve our country. It is harder to give a direct answer because I dont know what you are having an opinion on. If you are a public figure it is worse because they are really in a position to be heard.

Answer 11

No your not. It would be unpatriotic if you didn't express your opinion. Our country was based on the idea of everyone being able to be free to believe in what they want.