Dennis Prager : I Thought 'Dissent Is Patriotic' - Townhall.com
The worst part of the liberal mantra, "Dissent is Patriotic," however, is not that is meaningless. It is that it is apparently meant solely to defend liberal and left dissent. Dissent against the right is inherently patriotic.
Dissent against the left is another matter. To Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and to the New York Times Paul Krugman and every other left-wing commentator I have read on the issue, those who dissent against the Obama/Democratic Party health care plan are not only not patriotic; they are Nazis, mobs, white racists (according to Krugman's non-sequitur thesis) and are always organized. They are activists sent by health insurance companies, the Republican Party, or by some other nefarious right-wing organization.
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Like most of the left since Marx, the American left today has created an image of the world to which reality is subservient. Left-wing theories define reality, not vice versa. And in that closed world, left-wing dissent is patriotic, while dissent against the left is fascistic at worst, or paid for by the greedy at best.
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Again, I wonder if this is a generality which will not hold up to scrutiny. The folks I hang out with, many of whom are considered left, completely understand what the right is doing and some actually congratulate them for finally understanding dissent for the first time. Even if that dissent is against the left view.
Imagine if the Bush administration made an appeal to the public to report dissenters at flag@whitehouse.gov
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