| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | FranksWildYears (58)
04/01/2008 | The exercise of your right to protest is as important, or more important, in a time of conflict than during peace time. Most, if not all, of the protest and criticism I've noticed in the last five years has been aimed at the political machinations that lead to the American involvement in Iraq, which is appropriate. As the old saying goes, generals don't start wars, they just fight the ones that politicians start. Has there been much (any?) criticism aimed at the conduct of the men and women on the front line? Certainly there was outrage experssed at the images circulated of the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Graib. And guess what, there should have been. And actions should have been taken to deal with the situation. Good thing people felt free to voice their concerns.
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 | TeresaG (31)
03/27/2008 |  This is a very horrible situation. First of all, even the most liberal of presses say that 21,000 Americans have died (not 100,000) ~ not that the numbers change the fact that every life is precious. What infuriates me more than anything, is the lack of support for OUR troops. I do not remember Vietnam, I was in the single digits, but I cannot even imagine how those men thought when then saw their own AMERICAN people telling them that what they were doing and what they believed in was worth NOTHING. And that was a DRAFT war! Those men came home, to the same people who fought and argued to bring them home, to discrimination and hatred. What about now? The men and women in OUR armed services VOLUNTARILY joined. Are we going to treat them the same? How many mothers, family memebers are out there protesting? I don't think to many. I think it is an attention getting move by most. How would you like it if I stand outside your job and hold up a sign saying, "Pull so and so out! He shouldn't be there doing that job". It's a slap in the face!
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 | Inmyopinion (10)
07/14/2005 | Those who get irate, are the real Anti-Americans. Somebody says over 100,000 people have dies in Iraq or anything, just saying that they dissaprove of the Iraq occupation (which over 60% of people in America now do) and you are deemed an anti-american communist hippie? What the hell?
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 | Randyman (109)
06/04/2005 | I certainly believe in a citizen's right to protest, as long as it's done lawfully. If you riot you are no longer protesting. I also believe that at some point you start to undermine our position overseas and further endanger our soldiers and erode their morale, and possibly strengthen the enemy's determination and position.
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 | LanceRoxas (41)
05/28/2005 |  Protest is downright patriotic- I've never doubted one's patriotism for questioning the sagacity of our government's decisions. There are numerous scholars and theologians who believe our efforts in
Vietnam, Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Grenada, Panama... numerous places were not prudent decisions and argued intensely against them. However this is not what radical liberals of this generation engage in. There is a difference between questioning decisions and portraying our decisions as being evil. There is a difference between questioning why are troops are dying in a far away land for our freedoms and accusing them of war crimes. There is a difference between questioning the morality of our actions and assuming the administration is intrinsically immoral. There is a difference between disagreeing with the course of your goverment and distorting an isolated incident into a hyperbolic and unsubstatiated assertions that these incidents are standard procedure to in some way prove your position that this military action is unnecessary. There is a difference between moral dissent and outright Anti-Americanism and troop bashing. Unfortunately you wussie liberals don't understand the difference
because YOU ARE Anti-American to the very core.
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 | texasyankee (22)
05/28/2005 | I think it's similar to asking someone to cook for you but then complain about the food, when it's something you're gettng for free; even tho everyone has the right to complain, it's sort of not right to those people who are giving their lives and families who's people are over there sacrificing, seems sort of rude.EDIT: ok so you think it's ok to say something against the war, then these people over there fighting and all giving everythign they got for us, sees us picketing against it. It's hard enough the rest of the world is against it, but when they're own people are, what do you think it does to them? I think it's wrong. Maybe I am stupid but I don't think it's right.
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 | James76255 (26)
05/27/2005 | Depends on what they say and how they say it. People have freedom of speech, but there is such a thing as tact and respect. Yes, that goes for both sides. Also, when people insist on spewing lies , then point thier finger at the other side and scream Liar!.. Well, it get's annoying.
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 | EschewObfuscation (71)
05/27/2005 | I don't get irate (or upset, or contradictory, or confrontational) when someone speaks out in protest. I also refuse to label someone a liberal wussie or unpatriotic based on the fact that they are speaking out in protest. It's the content of their argument that leads me to those unfortunate labels. Everybody gets labelled. Fom the gap-toothed rednecks to the goose-stepping Nazi's to the hammer and sickle humping communists to the bleeding-heart liberal to the limp-wristed . . . oh, sorry, not that one. It's what they say, it's the building blocks of their argumentative stance that earns the label.
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 | emj5687 (4)
05/26/2005 | uh oh i'm a liberal wussie because i dont support the war in iraq. i forgot that war is so cool. Us liberal wussies have a problem with the war itself, not the soldiers. I support the troops 100 percent but that does not mean I'm going to give the goverment the ability to do whatever they please. I have the right to let my views known
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 | CanadaSucks (50)
05/26/2005 | . . .because when people yell freedom what they really mean is their 'concept' of freedom that doesn't offend them. Sad state of affairs. . .
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 | Mr.Political (20)
05/26/2005 | Not at all accurate...for me anyway. Everyone has a right to protest but what I believe most conservatives or Republicans get upset with is the way some express their views. For example, there is nothing at all wrong in disagreeing with the Iraq war and showing your discontent. However, carrrying posters that compare our troops to those of Hitlers or calling the police pigs& scum and burning American flags is not the best way to show your patriotism. That's when I get irate. As long as protesting is done with maturity and respect, I have no problem with it.
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| souljunkie (21)
05/26/2005 | Thats right! The soldiers are fighting and dying to give us the right to be irrate every time the weak minded liberal wussies undermine thier efforts. Republicans stand behind the man who puts his life on the line for those who support them and those who whine and moan instead of choosing to unite for a common cause when it is neccessary too. And it is more neccessary to do so now more than ever.
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 | TJGypsy2 (7)
05/26/2005 | I think a lot of times people get irate because they aren't really sure how they feel about it. They are uncertain, and so when someone speaks up and says Hey, this isn't right it causes them to lash out, usually without thinking to much. Or to put it another way, everyone thinks freedom of speech is great, provided what's being said agrees with how they think/feel/view the world.
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 | Djahuti (57)
05/26/2005 | Amen to this one. I was appalled at the anger heaped on those who protested or even questioned Bushs decisions regarding Iraq.Evidently,some folks would like to live under a Dictator who must be obeyed and bowed down to whether he is right or wrong.
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 | Wid71 (9)
05/26/2005 | Yes, this always cracks me up. Many people are ardent fans of freedom, but only for those who think like they do. According to them, everyone else is a Commie and should move out of the country. If anything, people who protest are the most Patriotic since dissent is what our forefathers did.
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