Does being called an unpatriotic traitor piss you off or make you laugh?

[Philosoraptor]

Here lately it just makes me laugh, although I must confess, that little insult worked on me the first few times. I've never been the patriotic type anyway, waving flags don't inspire me and the national anthem never moved me to tears, I don't stand for pledges and as far as being a traitor, I'm not aware of any outright traitorous acts I've engaged in.

So when a republican screams these lame insults in your face while spitting, it's best to just chuckle, they really, really hate that.

Of course these assholes always say these things from behind the safety of a microphone or on the senate floor. Why Democrats don't walk across and smack their faces or at least laugh in them is beyond me.

When they call ALL us liberals or anti war people unpatriotic traitors from a safe place, they ARE saying it to our faces, and we should either laugh or get righteously pissed.

[mike_c]

1. makes me laugh....

Means I'm probably doing something right!

[magellan]

2. Both.

It's infuriating to hear, but when you consider the source you realize how ridiculously ignorant those types are. Buffoons trying for drama is always worth a laugh.

[Phredicles]

9. That's about where I am, too.

[haele]

46. Agree with both; it makes me scornful and suspicious

Scornful because people who engage in such black and white, us 'n them type thinking are usually willfully ignorant, lazy sheeple - and suspicious, because people who engage in that sort of thinking are also usually very fearful, hate-filled willfully ignorant sheeple who will eagerly herd together in mob mentality if one of them gets a loud enough voice after awhile.

Just because they're stupid doesn't mean they can't be dangerous - with enough frustration (and a heapin' helpin' of liquid courage coupled with some armament of some sort) they'll go hunting down someone to "blow off some steam". And damn the law - to them it was "written by lib'rul sissies to protect bad guys" anyway.

When you hear them mouth off, they're starting to make dominance posturing noises. Gotta watch to see which way they'll trend - is there enough of them out there that they'll start acting out, or is this just hooting for attention and perhaps to see if there's like minded boobs out there?

Haele

[BreweryYardRat]

50. What he (she?) said.

The folks who spout that shit won't hesitate to get violent if they're drunk enough.

[habitual]

3. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen where i'm from

In NYC, the repubs that exist would be NUTS to say that to someone. If anyone said that to me, they'd sure have to defend their claim that is for sure! and they would also have to defend themselves from the ferocious attack they would receive in return.

[AX10]

6. Republicans in New York City?

So the terrorists have set up bases in this country. I see.

[Beer Snob-50]

4. makes me laugh

I had a good time when I was yelled at at Fenway Park for not standing for "God bless the USA" during the 7th inning strech right aftrer 9/11.

[rhiannon55]

5. These days, I take it as a badge of honor

And then laugh at the stupid name-caller. You're right. They really really hate that.

[bryant69]

7. Makes me angry

I think it is bad idea to basically concede the argument. But everybody looks at this differently.

Bryant
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[Cosmocat]

26. I go red in a heartbeat ...

My mom, a lifelong democrat, had three large flag poles put on on her property by the road and had american flags flying LONG before 9-11 ... I had american flag stickers on my car LONG before 9-11 ... Since, I can't bring myself to do it, cause while it really is a genuine act for many, for FAR too many, it is political theatre ...

[Mz Pip]

8. Like I would care what

someone whose opinion ranks in the botton third of the country thinks of me.

Must be a pretty lonely place to be, wallowing around in the muck with all the other folks who are wrong on just about everything.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[underseasurveyor]

10. I laugh

Why get upset at being called something you are not :-)

[JTG of the PRB]

11. Usually, it makes me laugh...

...and if they persist in saying I'm unpatriotic and a traitor, it makes me laugh even harder.

[mhatrw]

12. I used to be disgusted. Now I try to be amused. n/t

[bunkerbuster1]

29. I used to be disgusted; now I'm just saddened.

I've tried to talk calmly with those who accuse Democrats of "treason" and it's just hopeless. They really do believe it; the word has been so cheapened as to have become meaningless, really.

[WinkyDink]

53. ;)

[A wise Man]

13. I've never had one call me unpatriotic

not to my face. I think they know where their face would be if they did.

[AlCzervik]

14. my husband bought me a Chairman Mao shirt, "hon if they're call you a commie you should represent"

[meldroc]

15. Angry. Calling a person a traitor is a veiled threat.

Frequently, you'll also hear things like "We used to hang traitors in this country."

So if some freeper scumbag calls me a traitor, I keep my eyes open. That and I call him a coward, because he's not saying what he really wants to say - "I want to kill you for your beliefs."

[AlCzervik]

19. they should move to Russia, they hate free speech and love one party rule.

[DrDan]

16. it makes me mad as hell

particularly as a veteran to have a cowardly chickenhawk do so - like rush, sean insanity, bill o'lielly and the rest of these pigs

[Bucky]

17. It kinda depends on the mood I'm in. I used to laugh at it.

It's hard to imagine a grown adult using the words "traitor" and "defeatocrats" in a conversation. But then there's a lot of feebs here at DU who keep on typing "*" because apparently typing out the word Bush would hurt their feelings in some way.

So I guess immaturity is bipartisan.

[stompk]

32. plus 5 points

excellent post

[Kerrytravelers]

40. "*" is an ode to Doonesbury. He puts an * under a helmet.

[porphyrian]

18. No one's called me that to my face, but I suspect anyone who would...

...is probably projecting.

[lectrobyte]

20. I take it as the highest honor.

[orwell]

21. Labels have become almost meaningless...

...in the ongoing political meltdown. They are used as a branding mechanism to short circuit reasoned thought and debate.

Now what's on American "Idle"...

[Bonhomme Richard]

22. I don't know. No one has had the balls to say........................

such a thing to me.
Then again, what I do for a living may be why.

[DawnIsis]

23. I used to laugh but I think we all need to take this seriously.

On right wings blogs and through their radical on air personalities these people have time and again threatened us and declared us enemies of "their" America.

It's easy to brush it off and laugh, but every time you hear this hate speech they are fueling the militant fundamentalists of their party and they know it. This small percent will not hesitate to physically attack us.

[BreweryYardRat]

49. Bingo.

Listen to the lady, people.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. "Patriotism is the most foolish of passions and the passion of fools."

Schopenhauer

[tabasco]

25. I did two combat tours for this country.

Any fuck that calls me a traitor within earshot is gonna get his ass kicked.

Lush Limpdick better stay safe in his studio. He wouldn't say that crap to my face, the cowardly ass-boil.

[Philosoraptor]

28. All these fucks say it from behind a mic. or on the senate floor.

And why anyone would just stand there and not at least act insulted, or laugh, is beyond me.

[madokie]

27. not sure what my right hand would do

or if lefty backup would be there either for that matter. Haven't been tested yet to see, it'll be interesting to see when I do though

[Philosoraptor]

30. When they say it about ALL liberals, they ARE saying it to our faces.

It's one thing to hear it on the radio or t.v., and another to say it right to your face, but they really are saying it right to our faces, just from a safe position.

[madokie]

58. Oh I agree

yes they have the comfort of distance

[Cha]

31. I've never been called that but

if it should happen I would be right back in their face about just who the stupid fucking traitor is.

[damntexdem]

33. One should offer a reasoned rebuttal, showing how one is a patriotic traitor.

As for pledges, just recite the original: "I pledge allegience to my flag, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

[bluethruandthru]

34. I'm really tired of it!

Why are the Rushes, Hannity's and O'Reilly's of the world allowed to denigrate an entire group of people day after day after day. We have Ann Coulter telling her listeners to kill Democrats and many of her counterparts on radio and tv are saying things nearly as bad.
This would never be tolerated if these idiots were talking about a racial, ethnic or religious group...so why is it okay to do it to Democrats?
I don't get it!

[IChing]

35. The new allegiance

"I pledge allegiance to the corporations of the Divided States of America,
and the profits for which they stand,
one nation under greed, outsourced,
middle class invisible, with liberty
and justice for the rich."

[raccoon]

39. I like it! nt

[EnviroBat]

47. Well said, well said...

:applause:

[RedStateShame]

36. I'd think that would be hard to hear from Iraq, where anybody who really...

...supports this perpetual war on _____________ would be right now, right? Unless, of course, they're just using the usual presidential talking points to justify their own personal greed, callousness, disregard for humanity, and overall cowardice. But that's not too likely, is it?

[youthere]

37. It does neither...I just roll my eyes..sigh to myself *whatever* and go about my business.

[kimmylavin]

38. It pisses me off...

And I usually just reply that it is because I love this country so much - the idea of it, the promise of it - that I am still here, fighting for it. If I were an unpatriotic traitor, I would have left a long time ago...

In much the same way that it pisses me off that because of my pro-choice stance, people have called me a "baby killer" and accused me of hating families. My reply is much the same. It is because I love babies so much that I fight for each one of them to be wanted, not forced into existence by someone else's ideology.

One thing I give the Repubs credit for is their mastery at assigning labels and making them stick. (About the only thing I give them credit for, and only based on its success rate...)

[Joe Fields]

41. My younger brother used to call me that all the time. We almost

came to blows numerous times. Now, he's so disgusted with the Bushies that he doesn't want to talk politics anymore. He will never admit that he was wrong, but we get along much better now, and he has begun asking advice on certain things from me, which he never did before.

It's kind of humorous.

[Homer Wells]

42. The "UNPATRIOTIC" dig means nothing at all

coming from the people who are attempting to smear us with it. The most traitorous and unpatriotic of Americans are those who would strive with all their might to eradicate all that has been given us by the founders of this country.

Selling out our country for private gain, pleading how AMERICAN they are while cheering on the disposal of our Rights, one by one, allowing our jobs to go to the lowest bidder, at the expense of our workers, allowing demagoguery to take the place of true governance, exporting their view of Democracy while making sure that our freedoms and security are depleted here, all this and more shows, beyond all doubt, that THEY are the un-patriotic and un-American citizens among us!

So, as to whether I laugh or get angry is a moot point. There is no TRUTH in those who would attempt such slander.

:rant:

[SammyWinstonJack]

43. Since they are obviously projectting , just consider the source.

:shrug:

[maxrandb]

44. They normally don't say that to me when I'm wearing my

Navy uniform, complete with multiple medals, ribbons and insignia.

[EnviroBat]

45. Naw, I don't get mad, I get "stabby"...

Honestly though, my tolerance level toward any republican dipshit who finds the courage, (or the Jack Daniels) to get in my face, has really sunk to an all time low. But fortunately people seem to not want to mix it up with me. Maybe it's all of the shitty tattoo work I had done when I was in prison? That and I look like Quasimodo...

[Javaman]

48. I live in the

glorious red state of texas :sarcasm:

I haven't been called that since the early day's of morons* tyrannical reign of terror. I laughed at the mental midgets then, I will laugh at them now.

but strangely, no one is calling me that now.

even the cowardly ultrapuke in my office has stopped leaving those types of notes on my windshield. Only to have them returned with a big "go fuck yourself sideways" coupled with a happy face on his windshield. repukes are the most cowardly people.

[WinkyDink]

51. It INFURIATES ME. And it would very much surprise the Veterans' groups I donate to.

[Solly Mack]

52. Laugh

[BreweryYardRat]

54. Instant, seething rage.

I really can't stand that bullshit. Calling people who disagree with you "traitors" is the same damn shit the Nazis did in their rise to power. The petty, small-minded fucksocks who hurl charges of treason around are the same sort of scum who would have been wearing brown shirts in 1930s Germany. These are the same general type of people who beat Matthew Shepard to death and dragged James Byrd behind a truck.

Ironically, I don't catch much flak, and I'm in Florida. For some reason, freepers just aren't inclined to mouth off to the 6'2", 250 lb nutcase unless they can do it from the safety of a fast-moving car.

[BlackVelvet04]

55. I never worry about

what deranged people think of me.

[mmonk]

56. They aren't patriots, they're partisans pretending to be.

Patriots support the constitution or don't make excuses about outing their own intelligence agents. They are ignorant and highly propagandized.

[Lilith Velkor]

57. Makes me laugh maniacally, light a flag and scream, "Burn Baby Burn!"

They always run away after that...

[NI4NI]

59. Anytime a Puke calls me a "Commie"

I remind them how "Nazis like them were defeated by Commies".

[madeline_con]

60. I have to laugh at the ignorance.

As for walking across to smack someone, I say go for it! All they'll get is probation, anyway.

[Philosoraptor]

61. kick

[camero]

62. Lately they haven't had the guts to say that to me

Of course with the fundies I know my debates start with, "We should regulate the love of money", and then open the bible.

Shuts em up real quick.

[Briarius]

63. it makes me laugh

LynzM and I were on a road trip to NH, and passing through Mass. we had a guy at a gas station pull up to our car as he was leaving and scream at us how we were "fucking traitors". I just got back in the car and he motioned for me to roll the window down (I guess he thought I couldn't hear him screaming at the top of his lungs...). So he told me again, and I said " have a nice day", which apparently shorted out his brain because he looked dumbfounded and said "you too" :rofl:

[LisaL]

64. I wouldn't know. Nobody called me that.

[ellie]

65. It's more of an eye rolling

for me. I usually say, "Yea, ok. I pay more taxes than you so I am paying more for the war. When you kick in your fair share, then you have a say. Till then, shut up." Not really true but it shuts 'em up while they try and figure out an answer.

[slackmaster]

66. Laughage

:hi:

[eShirl]

67. it makes me feel sorry for the pathetic creature saying it.

[fishnfla]

68. With the queen in town, I've been thinking:

I think a charges like that made Patrick Henry et al stronger, prouder and truer patriots

[frustrated_lefty]

69. I've never been called an unpatriotic traitor

by a man or woman in uniform. Chickenhawks usually do the name calling. I honestly don't give a damn what the missing brigade of bushies and other well borns calls me.

I hate this damned war, but I'll shake the hand of anyone who serves and gladly buy them a meal.