- Oct 30, 2002
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Originally posted by: friedpie
Originally posted by: numark
I note that this discussion has faded from an informed discussion among people with different viewpoints into accusations of communist sympathy and insults regarding intelligence and ideology. It's easy to throw around the loaded word "communism/communist" with the evil connotations put on that word by McCarthyism in the 50s (and don't interpret this to mean that I believe personally in communism, I just don't see why people demonize it so much). As for the insults, I would think that some of you would be well above that, but I guess I am slowly being proven wrong. Too many discussions on here degrade into something that I could envision 10-year-olds saying.
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I'm sorry you think people are throwing around the word communism for no good reason, but you are completely wrong.
The protesters this weekend were by and large anti-capitalists/socialist, and yes, communists. Anti Semitic, Anti White, also. The protests were organzied by a group called A.N.S.W.E.R., aka IAC, aka the Communist Workers World Party which is headed by former Sec. of State Ramsey Clark. It IS a communist organization that hates America and capitalism. Ramsey Clark was a representative (lawyer) for Slobodan Miloslevic, among others notorious criminals and enemies of democracy and the United States. You don't know all these things because the lame mainstream media doesn't tell it to you.
Do some research, don't fall for what the mainstream media gives you.
Thank you.
As far as reasons for war, there are plenty in this thread that are reasonable and valid. You just arent willing to hear them.
Examples, government sponsored terrorism, saddam gassing his own people, militant muslim groups backed by governments such as saddams directing cowardly attacks on buildings full of women and children in both america and israel.. just to name a few small details.
I think saddamn sounds like Hitler, not me. And some of you sound like nazi sympanthizers.
Nothing we could type or express would change your minds on being anti war or at least not examine this 'protest' situation as what it really is.
i have in this thread admitted to fault unlike the closet liberals, i didnt realize the stupidity in holding a rally in favor of war. But I guess what I meant was it was more a rally against people rallying against the war on iraq and the middle east.. because I take the protesters as anti american, not truley antiwar.
This is probably the most just war we've gotten into, they directly attacked us on our own soil.. osama (although partially related to the iraqi issue, is a part of the whole problem) wrote a manifesto in the early 90s i believe declaring his jihad on the western world (jews, americans and our allies), continue to teach their children to be like nazi SS for their cause.. I mean this is and has been a out of control problem.
I am completely for letting these people protest, but I cant believe people are respecting actual communists.. yes, communists do stand against everything a true american (meaning someone believing in capitalism) stands for. Yet some even deconstruct being 'american' into not having to be a capalist.. give me a break, thats where we get absolutely no unity. American did and should stand for some kind of belief system other than being the worlds great idea and people accepting whore. Communists can live here, but i'll be damned if they are going to pull our left wing liberal friends to being as wacky and antiamerican as they are just to further their cause.
Taking out the Iraqi regime would be LIBERATION for the iraqi people and one step closer to ensuring our safety from the militant muslim world.
My family is very diverse, mexican american, IRAQI american, korean american, and every european blood under the sun.. and my cousin who is from iraq wants the dictator ship out.. so where does that leave these probably rich suburban no nothing communist kids protesting the war supposedly in the name of our people and the good of all people around the globe? Exactly, quit talking.
I say we help give the iraqi people their voice back, and hopefully they wont become as spoiled with the freedom as apparantly most americans have.