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**Fsfkkkjz** · 03-02-2006, 04:57 PM

That's absolutely right, however, there is a fine line between praise and support. Every american should support our leaders, that's the way our republic was set up to operate. I disagree with the liberals on nearly every one of their ideas, but that's not saying that I don't give them my support if they win in an election (however, winning is becoming more and more unlikely for the liberals).

Well, I will always support my country to the best of my ability. But support can take the form of constructive criticism, in my opinion. Screaming "Bush is a Nazi!" is certainly not support, but saying "I have a bit of a problem with this issue, because of reasons A, B, and C. My alternate solution would be to..." could be very supportive. I also wanted to note how I constantly find entertaining how conservatives keep saying "It's increasingly unlikely that democrats/liberals how have power in the future", while on the other hand, liberals keep saying "The Republican party is surely on the way out". I guess it's justs natural to convince yourself that your particular party/ideology is doing better than it is. In my opinion, both parties are doing a grand job of being retarded and I think it would be too soon to predict who will do better at the polls this time around. But that's for another topic.

So, the real question is he is being punished for bashing the President, he should be punished for praising him, but, should someone in his position be punished for supporting the president or any other leader? Don't get me wrong, I know he didn't show support to Bush, just a thought for a good question.

Todd Well, it depends on how they support them, I would guess. When I was growing up, I was in elementary school during the first gulf war and I remember having many projects where we would make cards and send them to troops. We'd bring in supplies, bakery goods, etc. to send to the troops as well. This could certainly be considered 'supporting the government', if not directly supporting the President. I've often wondered if this sort of thing still goes on today in the local schools (this is and always has been quite a liberal area of the US).

03-02-2006, 04:57 PM	#19
Fsfkkkjz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 443 Senior Member	That's absolutely right, however, there is a fine line between praise and support. Every american should support our leaders, that's the way our republic was set up to operate. I disagree with the liberals on nearly every one of their ideas, but that's not saying that I don't give them my support if they win in an election (however, winning is becoming more and more unlikely for the liberals). Well, I will always support my country to the best of my ability. But support can take the form of constructive criticism, in my opinion. Screaming "Bush is a Nazi!" is certainly not support, but saying "I have a bit of a problem with this issue, because of reasons A, B, and C. My alternate solution would be to..." could be very supportive. I also wanted to note how I constantly find entertaining how conservatives keep saying "It's increasingly unlikely that democrats/liberals how have power in the future", while on the other hand, liberals keep saying "The Republican party is surely on the way out". I guess it's justs natural to convince yourself that your particular party/ideology is doing better than it is. In my opinion, both parties are doing a grand job of being retarded and I think it would be too soon to predict who will do better at the polls this time around. But that's for another topic. So, the real question is he is being punished for bashing the President, he should be punished for praising him, but, should someone in his position be punished for supporting the president or any other leader? Don't get me wrong, I know he didn't show support to Bush, just a thought for a good question. Todd Well, it depends on how they support them, I would guess. When I was growing up, I was in elementary school during the first gulf war and I remember having many projects where we would make cards and send them to troops. We'd bring in supplies, bakery goods, etc. to send to the troops as well. This could certainly be considered 'supporting the government', if not directly supporting the President. I've often wondered if this sort of thing still goes on today in the local schools (this is and always has been quite a liberal area of the US).
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