It's not just the name of Ann Coulter's book, it's a crime. And this crime is being committed by "Americans" who oppose President Bush's foreign policy. A nutjob named Rebecca, of the UCSD chapter of the International Socialist Organization, is on tape saying, "And the first thing is that we need to support the Resistance of Iraqis in Iraq. (applause) Right. These are people who are risking their lives to get the United States out of their country. And we have to see them as our allies. We have to see them as our main allies. Now this sympathy with terrorists who want to kill Americans and destroy our civilization is not widespread, at least in its unvarnished form, but it does affect the overall public outlook on completing the job of rooting out terrorists and their sympathizers.
While the Bush administration has apparently decided that prosecuting these criminals would have more negative than positive consequences (an indictment of our 'justice' system in itself) an effective rebuttal of treasonous free speech can have a powerful effect in defense of freedom. Citizen Smash, an Iraq War vet and the same blogger who taped Rebecca's criminal remarks, organized a counter-protest on April 3rd at a San Diego naval base. His account of the day's events illustrates the power of standing up in the face of these people and saying, "You're wrong."
1350 – We’ve suffered through bad music and a “live from death row” rant by cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, and now it’s finally time for Red to speak.
He starts out by cursing us, again, as “----ING FASCISTS,” and denounces the same police officers to whom he whined about us as “JACKBOOTED NAZI STORMTROOPERS.” Then he goes on to express pity for the military, who after all are only “BUSH’S PAWNS,” who have no other choice but to join the military because they have been “ECONOMICALLY OPPRESSED BY BUSH’S CORPORATE FASCIST CRONIES!”
I respond by grabbing the megaphone and shouting back, ”SO NOW YOU’RE SAYING WE’RE STUPID AND POOR? HEY, THANKS A LOT!”
This only spins him up more. “AND THEY MAKE THE COLORED PEOPLE DO ALL THE FIGHTING FOR THEM!”
“HEY, I WAS IN IRAQ, AND I’M A MIDDLE-CLASS WHITE MAN! YOU TELLIN’ ME I DIDN’T HAVE TO GO?”
At this point, Red really starts losing it. He's spouting his Marxist revolutionary propaganda with such fervor that we can see the spittle flying out of his mouth even from back in the cheap seats.
We respond with a little chant of our own:
“FREEDOM ISN’T FREE! PEACE THROUGH VICTORY!”
Now Red has gone completely over the edge. He’s calling for “REVOLUTION NOW,” and starts frantically waving his red flag. “WE’RE NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL THE RED FLAG FLIES OVER THE WHITE HOUSE!”
Posted by JohnGalt at April 13, 2004 10:15 AM