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To: JohnM who wrote (133504)8/20/2005 8:18:57 PM
From: aladin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793789
 
JohnM,

To repeat something I put in another post. A vibrant democracy depends on these sorts of criticisms.

Absolutely, as I said dissent (and putting up with it) is essentially American.

However, some academics have been using language bordering on and crossing the line to sedition. During WW2 FDR would have imprisoned them (not often discussed, but the camps were not 100% Japanese).

I haven't made a study of Pipes, but I suspect that a lot of comments I see come from the 'protest is patriotic' crowd and they level the old defence of the left canard - McCarthyism! You can pretty much discount any serious intellectualism in an argument that starts with that defense.

John



To: JohnM who wrote (133504)8/21/2005 5:36:59 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 793789
 
A vibrant democracy depends on these sorts of criticisms.

I woke up too early this morning so I turned on the TV to get my bearings and happened upon a replay of John Kasich's Heartland. The subject was Cindy and then Churchill, etc. I was pleased to see Kasich supporting the above point. He argued that some of the rhetoric used in the criticism, specifically Cindy calling Bush a "murderer," as going to far, but he supported "thoughtful" criticism.


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