Re: Subject: Re: Pro-American, JMDL? njc

[Relayer211]

   It seems to me that the positive side of patriotism means being able to 
stand up for and support everyone's right to free speech and freedom of 
expression. Isn't that what the constitution sais?That we have the right to 
protest, to disagree, to express our viewpoints? I get the feeling that this 
extreme form of patriotism that has developed since September 11 wants to 
silence dissent, and any views and opinions which differ from the 
conventional opinion of the moment-and this narrow mindedness seems to me 
VERY un-American...