| The right to criticize evil, when you see it, is fundamental to liberty and democracy. That we will not all agree on evil is a given, but people who would call others "traitors" or supporters of evil, because they criticize evil at home, are, imo, way off the mark in just about every way it is possible to be off the mark. If you don't help to make this country better, than you are part of the problem. That we may be working in opposite ways from each other, is fine- as LONG as we respect that all people working to "better" the country have the best interests of the country at heart AS THEY SEE THEM. Obviously people who think the best interests of the country are served by shutting up "traitors" who don't agree with them, or the administration, can't see that others are following their own vision of best interests- and that's just a cross we have to bear in a democracy. A democracy must encompass even very non-democratic beliefs- since freedom doesn't mean much if people don't also have the freedom to believe not everyone should be free. And if the folks who believe in very limited freedom of expression (for folks who don't think the way they do) ever become a clear majority, then we will no longer be what we were, or what we are now, and we will, imo, be much worse- though I am sure some people will like it better. |
