Exposing the lack of compassion by conservatives and
debunking right wing hypocrisy at every opportunity.
Be excellent to each other and Party On, Dudes -Abraham Lincoln-
Intellectual freedom is the only guarantee of a scientific - democratic approach to politics, economic development, and culture. -Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov-
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin-
“While I believe in the right to free speech, to me that doesn’t give anyone the right to criticize one’s leader at a foreign venue in a totally nonpolitical event.”Actually Dude, that's exactly what it means.
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As a European I've never understood how Americans see dislike/distrust for a president as being unpatriotic.
Around 50% of us in the UK think Gordon Brown is a sack of s&^t but it doesn't make us unpatriotic.
It is absolutely possible to love your country without trusting/liking/embracing the person currently running it (into the ground in Bush's case).
It's jingoistic, bullying behavior. It comes from two unfortunately very vocal types: the very ignorant and the ultra partisan who wouldn't hesitate to do the same thing if the other party were in the White House.
It's a tool used by those who pledge their allegiance to the flag but not the Constitution, and actually believe that their view of America is the only view and become unglued when someone who isn't equally as intolerant is the focus of attention.
We have a nationalist streak in this country that is both deep and ignorant enough to be highly exploitable. And they are downright dangerous -- the source of more domestic terror and inexcusable violence than any other cross-section of America. They tend to gravitate towards the security services for a living and can obtain deprogramming there, but sometimes the sadistic instincts stick.
Possibly the UK is unique, in having a figurehead Queen, who at least can be an iconic symbol of the country as a whole without representing the government -- whose policies a free people are expected to revile.
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