Quote: If we are for Freedom and Democracy and Someone else is not, then you ARE against us. Freedom and Democracy have to be defended from those against it!
Just because someone is against making another country "free" and "democratic" doesn't mean they are against democracy or "anti-american".
Millions of men fought and died for my right to question my President, and stand up and say "Hey, I don't think that's right" in any way I want, as long as I'm not breaching anyone else's rights.
State your beliefs, debate (cooly) your beliefs, but don't down other people for theirs, and sure as hell don't say the someone should leave the country because they are excercising the basic rights of a democracy. Don't be claiming to defend something that you don't wish to foster yourself.
So, if you want to heckle someone for their beliefs or exile someone from a nation because of them, I suggest that you leave the US. There's lots of dictatorships out there that you would fit right at home in.
If millions of men died for my right to question and criticize my government, and I feel the need to do so, then I will do so. If you don't excercise that right, then all those men died in vain.
And, just to keep it more on topic, that picture is a picture that could be used to defend both sides POV. France has dozens of those cemeteries, full of literally millions of bodies, and every single town has a monument to the fallen of WW1 and WW2. They don't any reminding the horror of war. When the memory of war is something that you're faced with everyday you have a different perspective on the matter. Again, don't down someone for their view, they just have a different way of looking at things than you do. If you had similar life experiences you would probably think the same way no matter how "smart" you are. Because opinion rarely has to do with intelligence.
And yes if it wasn't for the US, the French would be speaking German right now. But if it wasn't for France we wouldn't even be a democracy; we'd be speaking the Queen's English and taking a tea-time right now. So let's call it even and stop bringing up a stupid moot point.
