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Originally Posted by Zenturian
When Bush was President, I was told that all protests were patriotic. Now these same friends are telling me that these protests are embaressing. Odd how things change.
I am amazed that there can be upwards of 250,000 protestors without any reports of violence and arrests. That has to say something.
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That number sounds about right; I think Nate Silver estimated about 250-300k.
And there's nothing wrong with thinking that protests are patriotic. This is true, exercising our right of free speech has been a big part of American tradition. But it doesn't contradict thinking that some protests are worse than others. I disagree with the tea-part protesters, and some of them are stupid or racist. But that doesn't mean they're not patriotic.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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