Dissenting The Dissent

[journalist3072]

One of the things that Republicans were very effective at post-9/11, is cultivating an environment that basically said if you criticized the policies of the Bush Administration, you were unpatriotic.

It's a theory that, sadly, they continue to advance today.

The Republican Party of today has no tolerance for dissent. Sometimes I think they would be perfectly happy to round up all of us God-less, commie lefties who criticize the Bush Crime Team, and send us to concentration camps.

Towards the end of his Fox News show Your World on yesterday, host Neil Cavuto was giving viewers a taste of what would be discussed on today's show.

As a teaser for today's show, he said "Are Democratic leaders who criticize the war in Iraq actually aiding the terrorists? Why Nevada Senator John Ensign says, 'You bet they are.' "

So Democratic critics of the war are aiding the enemy, hey? Well what is your solution, Sen. Ensign? Would you have them arrested for war crimes? Or would you impeach these Democratic leaders for high crimes and misdemeanors?

Since he obviously is lacking in common sense, I would like to offer Sen. Ensign another school of thought.

I believe that dissent, and speaking out against the policies of the incumbent Administration, is the greatest rebuke to Osama bin Laden and Islamic extremism.

And just in case he still doesn't get it, here's something he may understand better. Thankfully and mercifully, Republicans will not always be in the majority. One day (let's say in November of this year), they will once again be relegated to the minority. And they will be criticizing the policies of the Democrat-controlled House and/or Senate. Will that all of a sudden make them unpatriotic? Would Denny Haster be un-American if, next year, he criticizes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi?

Most importantly, though, the right to speak out against your government, is the hallmark of any democracy. And that right is one that I am not willing to give up, ever!

[seabeyond]

1. a rw told me we were suppose to support bush and be quiet

during a time of war on terrorism

i told him bush says 50 years for this war. 50 years we are not suppose to speak out against president. i think if i were wanting to be unopposed i would start a war

they seriously mean this.

[crizzo5137]

2. Shhhhh

[Philosoraptor]

9. I didn't even read that. I'm not even here.

I didn't even just say that.

[journalist3072]

3. I've got one even better

One day recently I made a post on my blog, about the fact that mentally ill troops, and troops who have attempted suicide, are being forced back into combat.

One of the right-wingers made a comment on my blog and said Osama bin Laden wanted to thank me for posting about the mentally ill troops, and that I was in Osama's bed, etc.

Amazing, isn't it?

Read the exchange here:

http://progressiveminds.bloghi.com/2006/05/13/mentally-ill-troops-forced-into-combat.html

[Ringo84]

4. Re:

<Hannity>Yes, you hate America. You're undermining our war effort, treasonous bastards.

We're trying to spread freedom around the globe. So shut up and kiss President Bush's ass! You don't want to be sent to Guantanamo Bay do you?</Hannity>
Ringo

[90-percent]

5. re:

People that openly support Bush are AIDING THE TERRORISTS more than people that criticize him!

-85% Jimmy

[Ringo84]

10. 90-percent

I agree.

Considering that Al-Qaeda's chief goal of terrorism is scaring a populace into submission, and the fact that * has played right into their hands by enacting the Patriot Act, wiretapping, Guantanamo Bay, and Iraq II (there's no better way for OBL and his cronies to tell that they've scared us shitless than the fact that our leaders have actively sought to abridge our Constitution and civil rights. When a group of people go against their own values to feel safer, they're scared out of their minds), it would mean that Bush and company are aiding the terrorists.

Does any of that make sense?
Ringo

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. It hard to even try to reason

with rapture ready Bushbots.

[Philosoraptor]

7. I've alerted the NSA about your terrorist loving diatribe.

Just last week I turned in my own parents, tell them I said hi.

[dogday]

8. Funny today, perhaps

not so funny tomorrow, if you know what I mean....:hi:

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

11. your mindless trumpeting of free speech reeks of communism

(as I understand it).