When has America ever been unified?
2007-09-25 03:56:53 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Who claimed that disagreeing with the President divides our nation? Freedom of speech is what our nation was founded on and everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion.
What divides our nation is the politics of personal destruction and rhetoric of hate and divisiveness.
If we could debate and discuss the issues with respect and civility, that's all we need.
2007-09-25 04:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by ItsJustMe 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't want a country that didn't disagree with the president. It is the level of disagreement that is alarming.
You would think Bush is an evil dictator instead of an elected official that only has a little over a year left of his term.
2007-09-25 11:06:37 · answer #2 · answered by time_wounds_all_heelz 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe only in WWII but then it wasn't all that Unified either.
Disagreeing is fine but when it gets to defending NK & Iran and other dictators just to disagree then people are just being stupid
2007-09-25 11:03:33 · answer #3 · answered by TyranusXX 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure the same people that are saying this now were fully supportive of Bill Clinton during his eight years in power. We were pretty united during WW2. Remember the women going to work in factories to keep America going...the problem now is that people make no sacrifices whatsoever. We got a war with tax breaks, for Christ's sake.
2007-09-25 11:01:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself... Almost inevitably, he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable."
- H.L. Mencken
We will export death and violence to the four corners of the earth in defense of our great nation."
- George W. Bush
"If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within."
- President James Madison
2007-09-25 11:17:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong. Disagreeing with the president isn't the problem. Rooting for US defeat in a war is the problem.
2007-09-25 11:17:41 · answer #6 · answered by cornbread_oracle 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You're right, of course. The nation was split upon Bush's election. I wish we'd known how much of a war-monger he was before the election. Maybe the divide wouldn't have been so pronounced.
Who knew that an AWOL national guardsman who opposed nation building would've started a war in Iraq??? I guess when you don't have skin in the game, just large capital gains, it's easier to start wars.
2007-09-25 11:02:13 · answer #7 · answered by ideogenetic 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Great question! There have ALWAYS been political disagreements in the history of our country. And that's a good thing, because dissent is necessary in a healthy democracy.
2007-09-25 11:01:34 · answer #8 · answered by tangerine 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Another cliché used by politicians.
2007-09-25 11:40:28 · answer #9 · answered by Mysterio 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disagreeing with him, no. The level of outright disrespect and hatred shown toward our elected leader might have an effect on dividing the country though................
2007-09-25 11:00:46 · answer #10 · answered by Brian 7 · 5⤊ 3⤋