Zagnut wrote:
"This is just stupid!..not to mention unamerican. Just because someone..no let me rephrase that...an American citizen is unhappy with "your" beloved country doesn't mean they need to turn tail and run...because "your" beloved country just happens to be "their" beloved country, too. They have every bit as much right to stay and criticize it as you have to tell them to leave."

Here Zagnut really gets carried away:

"Gee.. stifling voices of opposition sounds an awful lot like a dictatorship..not a democracy. And I'm sick of "americans" calling other americans traitors and unpatriotic for speaking their mind. Whether you are for the war or against the war...or for this administration or against it(and I really don't care which category you fall into)you have every to speak your mind ...and so do those that disagree with what you have to say.. deal with it..or leave the country, yourself."

I say:
"Speaking your mind and disagreeing" with the actions of our government was never condemned, where did you read that? Certainly not in this particular thread.
That's certainly a right we all have and should exercise. However, that's a lot different than bad mouthing the country, especially in the time of war. That's the issue. That falls in the realm of burning the American flag in my opinion, and though that may be technically legal who will deny it is unamerican?

So, let me summarize so you get it straight this time. 1- there is nothing wrong with constructive criticism or disagreeing with the actions our government takes. That's the beauty of democracy. (Thanks to all those who preserved our freedom by serving our country in time of war.)

2- But it is unamerican to slander, bad mouth, or say any thing that our enemies take delight in hearing. Particularly, when Americans are dying while in the service of our country.

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