The US was built on people fleeing tyranny and what at the time was regarded as prohibitive taxation.
Now the US has become tyrannical (and has prohibitive taxation) and people are fleeing it.
It would be a breath of fresh air if FReepers blamed the tyranny rather than the people escaping from it.
It is better to secede from tyranny than escape from it. But these are ex-pats living abroad. They can’t turn their current piece of soil into a free state. They can only escape.
I think the argument of FReepers is you don’t renounce your country simply because it has bad laws (in this case, our stupid and convoluted and yes, tyrannical tax laws) ... as a citizen, you FIGHT to make it a better country instead of giving up altogether.
And there are MANY great places to escape to.
I did!
Exactly. If the growing tyranny in America reaches an unacceptable point, and is endangering our lives and those of our families (and don’t think it “can’t” come to that), damn right you do what you must to safeguard your family.
Hopefully, America won’t ever reach that point, but if so, blame the tyranny, not those fleeing it.
Now the US has become tyrannical (and has prohibitive taxation) and people are fleeing it.
It would be a breath of fresh air if FReepers blamed the tyranny rather than the people escaping from it.
It is better to secede from tyranny than escape from it. But these are ex-pats living abroad. They can’t turn their current piece of soil into a free state. They can only escape."
Well said.
Our fore fathers fled in order to build a place for future generations to have freedom. We have allowed that freedom to be squandered through ambivalence and inaction.
Now, when the opposite is needed more than ever, instead of standing, staying and fighting, they run. They have taken what they can from this country and now sit on the sidelines and bemoan what has happened.
I don’t “blame” them, I have no use for them...
Uh, we do. We are capable of doing both at the same time, you know.
Understand this...we in the "manger dawg pound" don't blame expats in general...just one specific lying coward who bashes each and every problem and bad law we have from the "safety" of his beach chair in the Philippines. This specific puke also actively tries to encourage FReepers with wavering resolve to run away just when we need every patriot here, and steeled for what's to come. Anyone who wants to turn chicken-ass and leave America just when they're needed most is perfectly welcome to do so; that's their right. But if they do, then proceed to trash America from afar, then they're gonna see the teeth of the dawgs.
BTW, Alex...where's the quote, you sniveling, lying worm? Hmmmmmmm? Still waiting for you to man up and face me, you piece of sh...uh, work.
Woof, woof! Dawg soldiers up!
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!