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kerouac2

(449 posts)
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:08 PM Nov 2012

USA! USA! USA! USA!

Isn't it so... pathetic. Any time there is a protester at a Romney (or repub) rally, they are shouted down with the USA! chant? Even for the Climate Change guy the other day. WTF? I feel sorry for these sheeple and how their ignorance is played...

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USA! USA! USA! USA! (Original Post) kerouac2 Nov 2012 OP
Shouting USA in response to a climate change protester BeyondGeography Nov 2012 #1
Even Scooby-Doo would say it's ridicurus. nt kerouac2 Nov 2012 #2
I don't GEt It trublu992 Nov 2012 #3
Whenever i talk about climate change with Republicans blazeKing Nov 2012 #4
Rude. savebigbird Nov 2012 #5
I enjoy reminding GOP that they do NOT have a monopoly on patriotism. They hate hearing that. DMacTX Nov 2012 #6
I heard today on Mike Papantonio's radio show, iemitsu Nov 2012 #7
Why USA! instead of Romney! is my question... kerouac2 Nov 2012 #8

trublu992

(489 posts)
3. I don't GEt It
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:12 PM
Nov 2012

What is their problem with Climate Change. We have solid long term evidence and that it is human caused

How is that a hoax

 

blazeKing

(329 posts)
4. Whenever i talk about climate change with Republicans
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:14 PM
Nov 2012

Like my parents for instance...they almost always come back with the "well ya, it's been warming since the ice age" line. /facepalm

iemitsu

(3,888 posts)
7. I heard today on Mike Papantonio's radio show,
Sun Nov 4, 2012, 11:55 PM
Nov 2012
Ring of Fire that one of Romney's closest advisers is the Bush guy who first paid college professors to write "climate change doubt" articles. I can't remember his name but Papantonio suggested he would be on the short list for Chief of Staff.

Chanting USA to drown out Americans exercising their First Amendment right to freely speak, especially when that speech is being used to inform the public or question officials about issues that effect us all, is idiotic. It is the opposite of patriotism. It is un-American.
Americans used to proudly proclaim that we'd defend, to the death, others rights to speak even we we did not agree with what was being said. Is Voltaire out with the French Fries? Have Fair Play and the Golden Rule been replaced with Gerry Springer Rules?
Why do republican politicians encourage their supporters to shout down legitimate questions? Aren't they aware of how that makes them look to the viewing audience? Not like thrust-worthy arbiters of public justice.

kerouac2

(449 posts)
8. Why USA! instead of Romney! is my question...
Mon Nov 5, 2012, 12:05 AM
Nov 2012

If it was an Obama rally - well, they would be much more civil and would probably let the person get a few sentences out -- but they wouldn't chant USA! at it. "4 more years" or "Obama" or something, but the USA! chant, to me, wreaks of this Kenyan/Muslim anti-American thing that Republican Sheeple seem to thrive on..
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