bah. shakran, either you're not reading me carefully or i'm not expressing myself well enough... definitely not communicating well.
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Originally Posted by Rekna
Dissenting from a war one believes is unjust is the most patriotic thing a person can do.
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that is, most certainly, not true.
the trouble with war protestors is that no matter what their real motivations are... the stated/broadcasted/shouted motivation is always an unjust war. so you have the cowards, the bored, the simple, the uninformed, the impressionable and the true believers all shouting the same tired slogans.
dissent in this country rarely requires any personal investment. it takes no real risk of bodily harm, a small investment of time, no real financial hardship. the fact is that cowards and charlatans can easily blend in with the protest crowd precisely because (thankfully) the free-speech requires so little of the participants.