Anna ([info]annabananaface) wrote,
@ 2007-03-17 16:14:00
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Current mood: angry

War, protests and Civil Scoiety
It seems that we cannot manage a conversation in this society about the War in Iraq without accusing the other side of being unpatriotic, or even treasonous. Despite all of the tragedy that has flowed from this war (and, whatever your viewpoint on the worth of the war, it's hard to argue about the tragedy of so much death), I am most appalled at out inability to achieve a reasonable sort of debate about the war. People need to be grownups, and assume the other side has a different viewpoint, or different information, not corrupt morals.




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[info]gayathri
2007-03-18 07:52 pm UTC (link)
telling you that you are unpatriotic or against the troops is the refuge of someone who cannot in good conscious argue about this intelligently -- I find it amazingly insulting and it makes me REALLY angry.

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[info]annabananaface
2007-03-19 03:33 pm UTC (link)
I find it all of those things too. I just can't find a way to respond to it. That kind of thinking holds any form of debate hostage. How do we free it?

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