From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Sep 24 2005 - 11:51:22 BST
> [Arlo feels he must interject...]
> Given the above definition... what does that make Rush Limbaugh during the
> Clinton years? A traitor!
I don't recall Limbaugh leading protests or giving aid and comfort to the
enemy when Clinton sent American troops to Haiti and Kosovo, or when he
bombed Iraq. To understand the meaning of traitor in time of war you might
want to look up "Quisling" in Wikipedia.
> Ah, but once again I'll wait for the Janus Realization. "Patriotism" only
> means you have to blindly support the REPUBLICAN party. You can be a
> patriot and hate and despise democrats and criticize Clinton and Carter
> until you're blue in the face. You are still a patriot. But be critical of
> a republican president or republican inspired action and
> wwwwwwhhhhhhhoooooooaaaaaaaaa you are a traitor commie pinko leftist
> marxist ANTIPATRIOT.
>
> When Platt speaks out against "the liberals" or Clinton, he is completely
> being patriotic. When you speak out against "the conservatives" or Bush,
> you are a traitor. When Rush Limbaugh spent 3 hours a day during the
> Clinton years speaking out against everything done by the White House (I
> know, I listened), he was being a patriot. When Chomsky or Al Franken speak
> out against Bush, they are traitors.
>
> You see. That's how it works, isn't it? That's all part and parcel of the
> Big Dichotomy. Republican and Patriot are synonyms. Democrat and Patriot
> are antonyms.
Ah yes, the huge right-wing conspiracy. Everybody's in on it. How paranoid
can you get?
Platt
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