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In reply to the discussion: I/m so tired of reading criticism of Obama on DU [View all]Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)Then it was more, and then it was many. Eventually, the war in Viet-Nam was ended. When the protests started, it was a Democrat in the White House. Police trumped party. When the war ended. It was a Republican in the White House. Policy trumped party.
Standing up for the right thing is the point of the entire thing. You don't just sit back and endure the intolerable because a member of your party is in charge. You stand up for the right thing because it is the right thing.
I would speak out if a white cop beat a defenseless black man. I would speak out if a black cop beat a defenseless white man. The point is not the color, the point is the cops beating on a defenseless man.
I will speak out and demand a reigning in of the NSA if a Republican is in the White House.
I will speak out and demand a reigning in of the NSA if a Democrat is in the White House.
I will speak out and demand a reigning in of the NSA if an Independent is in the White House.
It isn't about the party that occupies the White House. It isn't about the next election and what may happen. It is about the rights of the citizens under the Constitution that all of them are supposed to have sworn to protect and defend.
Putting politics before principle dooms both the politician's, and the citizens they are supposed to serve. That's how we got into this mess, and the way out is to embrace the principles that are written down in the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment.
I have chastised President Obama for continuing this debacle.
I will continue to chastise President Obama for continuing these policies.
I'll probably be chastising the next President when he/she continues the policies.
I'll probably chastise the 46th President for continuing these policies.
I don't know who they will be. I do know what I will believe, because what I believe is that we must fight for our rights, no matter who is in the White House, and no matter what the scary future may hold. Fear of the unknown has gotten us here, and I am far more afraid of what is happening to pretend to protect us from the unknown than I am of the unknown.