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March 31, 2003

And one from the other side...

Since I've been picking on the anti-war protesters so much, allow me to point out a variety of simple-minded thinking from the pro-war side that I find distasteful as well. This comes courtesy of my pal Jo.

While I agree with the sentiment of supporting the troops and backing the war effort, it does give into jingoistic slurs and platitiudes like:

Tonight, I say we should support the President of the United States and the U.S. military and tell the liberal, tree-hugging, hippy, Birkenstock wearing, tie-dyed liberals to go make their movies and music and whine somewhere else...

I want to know how the very people who are against war because of the loss of life, can possibly be the same people who are for abortion?

The movie stars say they want to go to Iraq and serve as human shields for the Iraqis, I say let them buy a one-way ticket and go.

Sorry, but America-Love-It-or-Leave-It doesn't fly with me. Dissenting opinions are a good thing. Public discourse is a good thing. Confusing the issues complemented by pointless name-calling brings the pro-war side down to the level of the likes of Michael Moore.