Sometime last year (way before the election), someone on my flist used an icon that was seriously derogatory towards Bush. And then took it down, because someone had pointed out to her that however useless the man was, he had sworn the oath and was the president, and as such should be respected.
I mean, WTF? I cannot comprehend this attitude among a lot of US people that it's unpatriotic to question the government. Because, hello? It's your democratic DUTY to question the government! They are responsible to YOU, and it is YOUR responsibility to make damn sure they act within the law.
It's not something that'd ordinarily happen over here, because we all love to criticise our politicians, but recently there seems to have been a disturbing trend among New Labour members (makes preventative religious signs) to consider Blair and his circle politically inviolate. And I cannot BELIEVE that any British government in the 21st century could even consider holding prisoners without trial. It's sickening.
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Date: 2 Feb 2005 10:17 am (UTC)I mean, WTF? I cannot comprehend this attitude among a lot of US people that it's unpatriotic to question the government. Because, hello? It's your democratic DUTY to question the government! They are responsible to YOU, and it is YOUR responsibility to make damn sure they act within the law.
It's not something that'd ordinarily happen over here, because we all love to criticise our politicians, but recently there seems to have been a disturbing trend among New Labour members (makes preventative religious signs) to consider Blair and his circle politically inviolate. And I cannot BELIEVE that any British government in the 21st century could even consider holding prisoners without trial. It's sickening.