Great speech by Mayor Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson of Salt Lake City.
<http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,645197552,00.html>
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A patriot does not tell people who are intensely concerned about
their country to just sit down and be quiet; to refrain from speaking
out in the name of politeness or for the sake of being a good host;
to show slavish, blind obedience and deference to a dishonest, war-
mongering, human-rights-violating president.
That is not a patriot. Rather, that person is a sycophant. That
person is a member of a frightening culture of obedience — a culture
where falling in line with authority is more important than choosing
what is right, even if it is not easy, safe, or popular. And, I
suspect, that person is afraid —afraid we are right, afraid of the
truth (even to the point of denying it), afraid he or she has put in
with an oppressive, inhumane, regime that does not respect the laws
and traditions of our country, and that history will rank as the
worst presidency our nation has ever had to endure.
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