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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:17 AM
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Is it anti-American to be anti-Republican, anti-war, and anti-greed?
Isn't it really anti-American to not be against these people? They do not stand for America. There is no rule that says we have to agree with their wars, their lies, their distortions, or their ideas of patriotism. The politics does not stop at the waters edge when the Republicans think we have to stand with their criminals. If I must believe as they do in order to be called an American, then I do not wish to be called an American. That is not the America I know nor the America I wish to know. In my viewpoint, they are anti-American in every way.
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Patchuli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:24 AM
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1. It is our duty as citizens
to police our government. Our founding fathers told us this was our duty to protect our own freedoms and we must remain involved.

Too many, for too long have taken our freedoms for granted and we now it seems must fight for them again!

Definitely not is it anti-American to dissent!!
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:29 AM
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2. I agree, we are doing an important duty by fighting these anti-Americans
They are trying desperately to take away our freedoms and turn the US into Saudi Arabia - we are obligated to fight this to our deaths if necessary.
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The2ndWheel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:29 AM
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3. But isn't that
the same thing? In their viewpoint, you're "anti-American". You don't represent the America they know, nor wish to know. In their mind, it's "anti-American" to not be against you. That's why the same problems never go away, and are fought over, and over, and over, and over, and over...and over...and over...and over...........................................................................................again.

Whatever America is, it was built on war and greed. But so was every other arbitrarily bordered nation-state. Modern day war(or the preparing for the next war that will come, they always do) and greed make some people richer than any human the planet has ever known. They built this country, sustained it, and aren't going away.

Which will lead to the same fights again and again, between the "anti-Americans", and the "anti-Americans". It never quite gets old.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:40 AM
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6. Yes, very true....
We are "anti-American" to them. I regret that I cannot join them in their murderous war and their theft of the American Treasury. I regret that I cannot throw the poor and elderly into the streets so the wealthy can drink their fine wines and eat their caviar. I regret that they want everyone to join them in their crimes.
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The2ndWheel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:57 AM
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9. Everything has an opposite
As far as we know anyway. Matter, anti-matter. Life, death. Big, small. Tall, short. Thin, fat. Can't throw the poor and elderly into the streets, can throw the poor and elderly into the streets.

Just one big, happy freak show spinning around an average star, with no real destination, making it all up as we go along. Wasting our short time away having to constantly either fight for freedom, or try to keep freedom from others. Making more and more clutter that nobody really needs(but our God, The Market, tells us we do). We humans are a good group.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 08:09 AM
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10. Except the dodo bird and the dinosaur, that we know of....
But if we follow these criminals, we will find ourselves following the dodo bird, in my opinion.
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Patchuli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 11:58 AM
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11. It took more than the rich to build this country
America was built mainly by just folks, like ourselves. The workers who keep it going while the idle rich sit by and play with their money. And without us just folks, America is NOTHING. We aren't "going away" either!
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GrumpyGreg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:31 AM
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4. But sadly,roughly 1/2 of Americans think the Republicans
DO stand for America.

We are a very divided nation.
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neoteric lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:39 AM
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5. Republicans call us anti-American because
they are happy with the status quo. Most of us realize how great this country can be but we see how far this country has yet to go. I really belive that many on the other side of the isle don't care about the general welfare, as long as they are doing just fine.
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wiley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:47 AM
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7. It's very Christian
as well as very ethical and morally appropriate for anyone who calls themselves servants of the greater good.

:patriot:
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...of J.Temperance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-03-05 12:49 AM
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8. The shortest answer I can give is...No, it's NOT n/t
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