I am a communist.
Posted on 03/13/2006 8:40:26 AM PST by presidio9
I am a liberal. And I make no apologies for it. Hell, I'm proud of it.
Too many people run away from the label. They whisper it like you'd whisper "I'm a Nazi." Like it's dirty word. But turn away from saying "I'm a liberal" and it's like you're turning away from saying that blacks should be allowed to sit in the front of the bus, that women should be able to vote and get paid the same as a man, that McCarthy was wrong, that Vietnam was a mistake. And that Saddam Hussein had no ties to al-Qaeda and had nothing to do with 9/11.
This is an incredibly polarized time (wonder how that happened?). But I find that, more and more, people are trying to find things we can agree on. And, for me, one of the things we absolutely need to agree on is the idea that we're all allowed to question authority. We have to agree that it's not unpatriotic to hold our leaders accountable and to speak out.
That's one of the things that drew me to making a film about Murrow. When you hear Murrow say, "We mustn't confuse dissent with disloyalty" and "We can't defend freedom at home by deserting it at home," it's like he's commenting on today's headlines.
The fear of been criticized can be paralyzing. Just look at the way so many Democrats caved in the run up to the war. In 2003, a lot of us were saying, where is the link between Saddam and bin Laden? What does Iraq have to do with 9/11? We knew it was bullshit. Which is why it drives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying, "We were misled." It makes me want to shout, "Fuck you, you weren't misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic."
Bottom line: it's not merely our right to question our government, it's our duty. Whatever the consequences. We can't demand freedom of speech then turn around and say, But please don't say bad things about us. You gotta be a grown up and take your hits.
I am a liberal. Fire away.
This just in....
The Pope is Catholic!
George C. Looney? a liberal? who'd a thunk it? (who is he anyway?)
As they should, given that the difference gets smaller with each passing day. Personally I can't figure out the difference between supporting killing Jews in ovens and supporting killing Jews with suicide bombs in their streets and markets.
A) Like I couldn't tell.
B) Like I care.
ooooh. How brave of you george. We're so impressed!! woowee!
The Pope is Catholic!
Dang it, you stole my reply. :)
What!?!? Can't be!!! Not THAT George Clooney!
I'm going for a smoke. Maybe take the rest of the day off.
It's hilarious. He acts like he lives in some sort of ultra-conservative enclave and he just won an award for nothing more than being liberal.
Clooney's a liberal Nazi?!
George Clooney took the MSM fairy tail about our beloved Tail-Gunner Joe and ran with the fantasy, without being concerned with the facts.
Plus he's really, really good at memorizing lines other people write and reciting them on camera!
That's definitely worth paying the man millions of dollars a movie! Hahahaha.
Shut up, cLooney.
Your narcissism knows no end.
There's a shocking revelation.
Now will you admit that you're a smug a-hole, George?
Say it isn't so, George! He's a liberal and he even plugged his newest movie while he told us this big secret. I'm just shocked, I tell you!
So true. If they had awards for being an ass, he'd have a shelf full.
yet another hollywood has-been trying to remerge as a relevant thinker.
and failing miserably
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