I just read a statement, written in absolute seriousness, that since many of the performers who were appearing at the Academy Awards had spoken out against the war in Iraq, and yet the government was sending National Guard to keep an eye on the proceedings, the ones who had spoken against the war (which, of course, means you’re “anti-American”) should “stay home” and shouldn’t be allowed to have that protection.
In other words, for exercising the very American virtue and right of freedom of belief and freedom of expression, you should be ostracized by the government.
Or something.
Oh, and they ended their message with the phrase, “America. Love it or leave it.”
Funny, I thought that the United States was the sort of nation where people were allowed to speak out, even against the government, without having to give up their citizenship.
How foolish of me to think that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights applied to people who disagree with George W. Bush!
Guess I’ll just have to leave, eh? Oh, wait, I beat them to it…
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