If you actively vote for someone who stands against them, write letters, etc., it's not aquiescence.
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That's a very good point. Maybe it *is* OK to break the law, if the moral issue is bigger than the legal one.
That's true. You still must be true to your own beliefs.
Why shouldn't it be actively thwarted? If it's like any issue that people feel strongly about, where there are actual *reasoned* differences of opinion, then how is it different for some other issue that you mention above?
So, again - when Gray Ghost says such a thing, do you stand up, or stand silently by?
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While I agree with the latter, and I agree with the former (in a manner that you might not agree with,) it would seem that since you're all for it, then that gives your kind of criticism a pass. Hardly logically consistent of those who yell "treason." But I would consider their logic suspect to begin with...
That's true. And his is guaranteed as well, even if it seems ignorant. But there's an element of political correctness to all this: "If you don't agree with my viewpoint, you're ignorant and you should just shut up."
That statement should scare the daylights out of anyone. Round up liberals if there's another attack? Really? I was engaging in a bit of hyperbole, but come on - even if there was another attack, I can't see rounding up *anyone*, except the perpetrators.
It's the mindset I'm criticizing - the idea that if someone says something you don't like, that you should *not* advocate (or remain silent when others advocate) the silencing of the dissent. Right-wing, left-wing, doesn't matter.
I read it in the paper and hear it on the radio almost every day. I don't see ANY level-headed conservatives standing up and saying "that's not right." You're the very first I've seen that even made an attempt.
That, in and of itself, should make you sad.
E.P.