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Originally posted by amanda6035
Somebody help me understand this, because I REALLY dont get it. I've asked, and asked, and asked again, and NOBODY can give me a straight up answer. If you are SO upset with the way a country is being run, WHY DO YOU SATY? It's just like a job. If you didnt liek your job, you wouldnt stay would you? Sure, you might can tolerate it for a while, but I'm talking EXTREME circumstances. If you dont like it, cant handle it, dont agree with the ethics and morals...and DESPISE it with every ounce of your being, then WHY do you stay HERE and put up with the crap you despise, rather than going somehwere else, where you obviously think you would be more comfortable. I just dont get it.
Sure, It's America. It's you "home". So instead of bitching and complaining and moaning and groaning, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. But be prepared that NOT EVERYBODY agrees with you, and not EVERYBODY is gonna jump on your revolution bandwagon.
Why am I surprised that "certain people" are so upset about the GTFO comment? I shouldnt be surprised in the least. If y'all are waiting for an apology, y'all are gonna be waiting a long damn time, because I ain't sorry I said it. I dont have any respect for people who bitch and moan and dont do squat to change things, they only threaten to leave and then when given the opportunity to leave they get offended that someone offered the suggestion. Typical.
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I would only reserve a GTFO comment for people like Alec Baldwin who said that he would move if Bush was elected. Other than that, a GTFO comment is profoundly un-American. Its the type of thing that you hear from people who know almost nothing about this nation's Founding Fathers. If people who were upset with some aspect of this country either kept quiet or moved, we would be up Shit's Creek (actually a rather scenic place if you ever get the chance to visit.)
The type of speech that is intended for protection by the First Amendment, more than any other, is political speech found to be offensive. When offensive political speech comes under assault, not for the dialogue that it aspires to, but merely for being offensive, then the foundation of the United States comes under assault.