I Thought 'Dissent Is Patriotic'

Townhall.com ^ | August 11, 2009 | Dennis Prager

[libstripper]

Living in liberal Los Angeles, I am surrounded by people -- and bumper stickers -- I do not agree with.

One of the more popular liberal bumper stickers of the last decade tells us "Dissent is Patriotic." Now, as it happens, it is impossible to truly disagree with that phrase, not because it is self-evidently true, but because it is self-evidently meaningless. As are most left-wing bumper stickers.

For example, another popular liberal bumper sticker proclaims, "War Is not the Answer." It, too, is completely meaningless. If the question is, "What is the square root of 8?" war is not the answer. But if the question is "How do you stop genocidal regimes?" war probably is the answer.

[jnsun]

Another bumper sticker is "Hate is Not a Family Value," which we tended to associate with the Left who like to accuse the conservative of hate, when in fact it was clearly explicit hate against GWB which was mustered in the Media, and prevails in the bigoted Left.

Obviously an instance of psychological projection where those declaring are actually projecting their own visceral emotions and motives on to other human beings. A pathological condition of not being able to be honest with one's self, normally called immaturity. Pelosi the perfect example.

We don't hate Barack Obama, just hate the fact that such an incompetent narcissist is President and certain people made it so. Bill Clinton, and maybe even BO, would probably be delightful to have a beer with, but they sure are misguided individuals.

Such is the perversion of the LEFT.

Johnny Suntrade

[Lou L]

The bumper sticker I really hate and have been seeing a lot is the one that says “Coexist”...it just pisses me off

Yeah, why do I always feel that what they really mean is, "Christians, f-off!"

[SECURE AMERICA]

To the Socialist and Communist dissent against others is always the “people” rising up and the right thing to do.
To the Socialist and Communist dissent against them is crimes against the State and require extended stays in re-education camps...

[TNCMAXQ]

I would be glad to coexist. Problem is certain others don’t want to coexist with the rest of us.

I have not seen those “I love my country but fear my government” stickers anymore. I wonder if they’ve been banned. (I say this with sarcasm but the way things are going, who knows.)

On the Imus radio show this morning, Imus was off but his producer, the conservative Bernard McGuirk, was making some commentary and he was very much on the side of the anti health care bill/tea party demonstrators. He even played the audio of then Sen Clinton from 2003 screeching that she was tired of being called unpatriotic for refusing to support the Bush administration. Apparently she no longer feels that dissent is the American way.

[AFreeBird]

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