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UKUKUK · 10-10-2011, 09:39 PM

Also, let me say I'm not a fan of Obama. He's far from the most liberal president we've ever had and he's doing a terrible job. Don't lump me in with his supporters, please.

lifelongMOgal · 10-10-2011, 09:41 PM

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Not that being a communist is a bad thing.

Since when does the constitution condone persecuting people because of their religious beliefs?

Are you attempting to proclaim Communism as a religion?

UKUKUK · 10-10-2011, 09:41 PM

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Oh, communism is a religion now. Is Nazism a religion as well?

There are lots of other things involved in the 1st amendment. The Supreme Court ruled in '58 that affiliation with a group (from the Boy Scouts to the Communist Party) is protected.

But how American is it to persecute anyone based on anything, though?

Are you a patriot if you arrest people based on their political beliefs?

Hell, your right to be in the KLAN is protected by the US constitution.

sailordave · 10-10-2011, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by UKUKUK

There are lots of other things involved in the 1st amendment. The Supreme Court ruled in '58 that affiliation with a group (from the Boy Scouts to the Communist Party) is protected.

But how American is it to persecute anyone based on anything, though?

Are you a patriot if you arrest people based on their political beliefs?

Hell, your right to be in the KLAN is protected by the US constitution.

Except that some of those communist were working for the Soviet Union.

UKUKUK · 10-10-2011, 09:47 PM

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Except that some of those communist were working for the Soviet Union.

But MOST of them were not.

sailordave · 10-10-2011, 09:51 PM

Try doing a search of "List of Americans in the Venona papers" and see how many soviet communist were working here in USA.

saltine · 10-10-2011, 09:51 PM

Communism sucks

UKUKUK · 10-10-2011, 09:58 PM

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Communism sucks

Maybe so, but it's a protected party as defined by Supreme Court ruling and the United States' constitution's stances on expression and affiliation.

lifelongMOgal · 10-10-2011, 09:59 PM

Is the OP a Communist?

Kirdik · 10-10-2011, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by UKUKUK

Maybe so, but it's a protected party as defined by Supreme Court ruling and the United States' constitution's stances on expression and affiliation.

Nobody is asking to prosecute communists we just want them to stay away from our local and federal governments.