I don't like a lot of conservative politicians out there. I think they're wrong and I think that their wishes and plans could hurt our country but I don't think they're unpatriotic. I don't think people who hate America spend so much time trying to fix it. That doesn't make sense.
Furthermore, attacking someone's patriotism is just a coward's way out of an argument. Attacking someone as unpatriotic just means that you don't have the capacity to attack or disprove their idea. It makes you a weak debater.
It reminds me a lot of McCarthyism. I see calling someone unpatriotic as basically the same thing as when people were singled out as communists with no actual evidence. The worst thing is that, like McCarthyism, it can be effective. The American people get caught up in those labels and people lose their jobs and reputations based not on their ideals and actions but on rumors and lies.
That's why I'm so bothered by many of the attacks made against Obama. People call him a socialist, a communist and a fascist (conflicting ideologies in many ways) but don't back up their point. Attack an idea all you want but there's no need to impeach his character. Admittedly, it very much happens on both sides. Obama is just the example that most bothers me.
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