Posted on 11/10/2002 3:18:07 PM PST by mikenola
Is it? I think you, too, have mis-read my post.
Curious that you left out the Russians who opposed Stalin
From my post: "We applaud those Russians and Germans who fought communism and nazism"
What's curious is that you mis-read this. What does that reveal about you?
The question is, were the Germans who opposed Hitler and the Italians who opposed Mussolini right to do so?...if an American believes the US is similar to those tyrannies, is he right to oppose his country
One of the great moral questions. I would answer yes to both. You may not.
Assuming the man to have a deluded belief, is he somehow right, or the better for acting on it? Or are you saying that all opinions are of equal correctness, no matter whether well thought out and based in fact, or not
I do not think, nor have I ever said, that all opinions are of equal correctness. The idea is manifestly absurd. The idea that the earth is flat is of equal value with the idea that the earth is round? That said however we must recognize that no one has a sustainable claim to absolute certainty. We must all act on imperfect information - or not act at all. Reasonable people recognize this and try to guage the value of their opinions before engaging in actions with very serious consequences but at some point conscience must be your guide.
Speak softly but carry a big stick. Free speech. Freedom. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Forums like this one. Patience and fortitude.
It's all been said before...and remains the best way.
No. your judgement or your syntax. Whichever is appropriate.
What astonishes me and other conservatives is the amount of sheer hate for America displayed by protesters and posters on leftist forums like Dem Underground. You'll see these people condemn America for supposed "crimes" against other peoples, but you'll never see them condemn communist regimes or recognize the good that America has done. The same leftists ridicule conservatives for having a black and white attitude for looking at the world. But they themselves have this same attitude when discussing Republicans and conservatives. In short leftists certainly do have a good vs. evil view of the world the same thing they deride Republicans and conservatives for having.
I myself do not believe everything we've done, like the occupation of the Philippines, has been good. But the good America has done for its own people and the world far outweighs whatever bad things we've done. This is something leftists, blinded by Marxist theory, refuse to understand. So go ahead and disagree, but try to keep ideology out of the equation. Results are what counts, not theory.
But kicking me out of your foxhole for bad syntax? :)
But the younger generation seem hopeless and I, too, will never go back. Sneering, smarmy, self-satisfied people.
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