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Well-Intentioned Authoritarian Lunkheads

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I got an email recently exhorting me to wear red on Fridays to show my support for our troops. I am sure it was intended to be a friendly gesture of patriotism. But that being said, I was outraged! I quote: “Every red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar, will wear something red.” This gesture has nothing to do with supporting troops. (My wearing red ain’t going to stop insurgent gunfire.) This is about finding a way to build a community of like-minded individuals who can publicly single-out dissenters, and it is a mockery of the principles of personal liberty for which so many soldiers have died in the past. I hope the authoritarian lunkhead that started that email will someday learn that one’s views need not be advertised on a placard to be valid.

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