[joethedrummer]

6. “You don’t have to like our leaders, but you should respect them”

Respect should be a response to virtue. Ordering the use of initiatory force against people to control them is not virtuous behavior, therefore it is unworthy of respect.

7. “You don’t have to like the president, but you should respect the office of the presidency”

The office of the presidency, like any part of any government, is a violent criminal institution. Violent criminality is unworthy of respect.

8. “Our military”

If the military is “ours,” then “we” should be able to exercise exclusive control over it. But “we” neither command the military nor have the freedom to destroy it. Thus it is not “ours”; it is a tool of the ruling classes used to make it very difficult for citizens to violently overthrow the government, provide a last line of defense for the state in the form of martial law should the citizens succeed in violently overthrowing the government, and present a deterrent to other rulers elsewhere in the world who might seek to take over the state and capture the tax base for themselves.

[cripplecreek]

6. “You don’t have to like our leaders, but you should respect them”

Liberals have destroyed the respect I may have once had for them. They're nothing but lying, immoral, fascist scum

[GeronL]

Obama does not respect the office, why should we?

[miele man]

book mark

[latina4dubya]

“You don’t have to like our leaders, but you should respect them”

“You don’t have to like the president, but you should respect the office of the presidency”

i cannot separate the person from the office... i do not respect the office if i do not respect the person holding the office...

my respect and consideration are for the US Constitution... that is where my allegiance lies...

[reed13k]

Was always taught to respect the rank but loyalty is earned.