In Reply to Nancy Pelosi and Company
I wrote a letter to the editor about the whole Nancy Pelosi calling protesters "an ugly campaign" and "un-American" thing. Because I have rarely felt as insulted by Washington as I did after I read her op-ed piece. I haven't sent it yet, because I predictably got cold feet last night after I wrote it. It's more that I still haven't gotten over the fear of sending something I've written into the great unknown, but I think I'll stop being so cowardly and press send tonight.
I realized after I finished writing it that I had whittle it down to something near 250 words. But I feel that it loses a lot in that version, so this is the un-condensed form.
On Monday, August 10th, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi dismissed the American citizens opposing HR 3200 at town hall meetings as "an ugly campaign," with intent to "disrupt." Further, she claimed they were just "[d]rowning out opposing viewpoints" and labeled them as "un-American."
I attended one of those town hall meetings with my congressman this month, and for the record, I have rarely felt MORE American than I did that day.
Congresswoman Pelosi misunderstands America if she believes that the passionate behavior of protesters (which she routinely applauds when their efforts are in support of a more leftist agenda) is motivated by a desire to suppress something. Nor is the intention disruption. Rather, they are intent on being heard over the deafening roar of the liberal steamroller. If people are angry, it is because their voice has consistently and repeatedly been drowned out, mocked or ignored by Washington. And with liberal activist organizations recruiting individuals to attend these meetings with no other purpose than to counteract and silence these so-called right-wing radicals, it's unsurprising that conservative Americans with the courage of their convictions are refusing to meekly back down before antagonism and insult.
Whatever else it accomplishes, the Obama administration appears to have been successful in effecting least one change -- conservatives that no longer politely roll over and play dead when they feel their country and their Constitution are being threatened. The right is organizing itself, without help from labor unions or ACORN. These concerned citizens are neither mindless mobs or protesters-for-hire, and to label them as such is an insult not only to every patriotic American who dares to take ownership of their civic responsibility, but also to the thousands who gave their lives to ensure every American would have a voice
It is not un-American to protest.
And it is not un-American to raise your voice in order to be heard above those that are attempting to silence it.
Edited to add: Sent.
I realized after I finished writing it that I had whittle it down to something near 250 words. But I feel that it loses a lot in that version, so this is the un-condensed form.
On Monday, August 10th, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi dismissed the American citizens opposing HR 3200 at town hall meetings as "an ugly campaign," with intent to "disrupt." Further, she claimed they were just "[d]rowning out opposing viewpoints" and labeled them as "un-American."
I attended one of those town hall meetings with my congressman this month, and for the record, I have rarely felt MORE American than I did that day.
Congresswoman Pelosi misunderstands America if she believes that the passionate behavior of protesters (which she routinely applauds when their efforts are in support of a more leftist agenda) is motivated by a desire to suppress something. Nor is the intention disruption. Rather, they are intent on being heard over the deafening roar of the liberal steamroller. If people are angry, it is because their voice has consistently and repeatedly been drowned out, mocked or ignored by Washington. And with liberal activist organizations recruiting individuals to attend these meetings with no other purpose than to counteract and silence these so-called right-wing radicals, it's unsurprising that conservative Americans with the courage of their convictions are refusing to meekly back down before antagonism and insult.
Whatever else it accomplishes, the Obama administration appears to have been successful in effecting least one change -- conservatives that no longer politely roll over and play dead when they feel their country and their Constitution are being threatened. The right is organizing itself, without help from labor unions or ACORN. These concerned citizens are neither mindless mobs or protesters-for-hire, and to label them as such is an insult not only to every patriotic American who dares to take ownership of their civic responsibility, but also to the thousands who gave their lives to ensure every American would have a voice
It is not un-American to protest.
And it is not un-American to raise your voice in order to be heard above those that are attempting to silence it.
Edited to add: Sent.