“Oh please. spare me the give Alaska back to Russia garbage. Even if it is sarcasm. You should still be grateful to be American. Stop it with the treason-veering. If you hate the country so much, YOU move and go be a Putin serf in a nation with ZERO due process.”
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CondoleezzaProtege, you’re taking on a lot of responsibility upon yourself. You assume we are not grateful to be an American. One definite perk of being an American is the PRIVILEGE OF FREE SPEECH. It’s a very nice privilege, and one that I will continue to partake of whilst I walk upon this earth. And yes, that means even while I may disagree with you upon some ideas, I mean to give you the respect due you as a FReeper.
Treason-veering. Interesting term. Our Founding Fathers were accused of being Treasonous. They’re a good group of men to be labeled with, in this day and age. Though I cannot speak for the rjsimmon, if I’m fortunate enough to be able to be among them in my love of America, I will be content.
Yeah you’re right Notthereyet.
I have been in the presence of Russians before who make quips like that (taking Alaska back) sometimes made in jest and other times coming from a genuinely bitter place. Geopolitics and lost empire nostalgia is personal to them. Just look at what happened to Crimea.
And while the Supreme Court hearings are migraine-inducing (and this go-around was unique), the whole process is also the epitome of American exceptionalism. There is no process or institution quite like it anywhere else on earth.