There's something that you've got to understand here. A LOT of Republicans are uncultured southerners. Many Democrats believe that since a large portion of republicans are uncultured southerners (including the current president), the country will go to hell in a hand basket based on the poor decisions that will be made in the future. For the sake of not having another civil war and further killing the country, many of the Democrats suggest leaving the country. Now, this may seem a bit extreme, but many Jewish people wanted to get as far away from Germany while the Hitler was at the helm, so maybe it's not so impractical afterall. Now, I'm not calling Republicans Nazis, nor am I referring to George W. Bush as Hitler. I'm simply stating possible reasons and examples.

What about the people who emigrated from countries like Great Britain to the colonies across the Atlantics to get away from the politics in their home countries?
Never saw anyone call them pansy-*** mother****ers.

That's true and I think that sucks. Wasn't exactly a huge deal with this elction though. It went both ways in this one.

Plus we have imigration laws as well... it isn't as easy to move here as you think... it's easy but not super easy we don't let every American who doesn't like Bush in here.

Er...remind me when the federal government has supported the persecution of Kerry-supporters, and the destruction and seizure of their land and possessions.



And a lot of Democrats are miseducated, whiney liberals who flee at the first sight that things aren't going the way they want them to. See how easy it is to sling insults around?



That doesn't seem[/b] extreme, it is extreme. Your example has no real relevance, unless Bush has been loading Kerry supporters onto trains to send them to work camps and death camps.

Really? Well its kind of funny, because often times a response to my dissent is "move to Canada".



If you voted for John Kerry, what else could you do? Protest? Lobby? Disagree? Someone could have spent the last four years doing that.

How is it your fault that the candidate your voted for did not win the election? You did all that you could.

In addition, Bush got the majority of the vote. He delcares he has a mandate. It's not going to be more of the same: its going to be more of the conservative 'agenda'. For many Americans, that is a good thing. For some, though, its intolerable.

I don't see how you can be so against people leaving the country because they disagree with politics. As someone said, this country was founded by people who left their own country because they disagreed with the politics of their homeland.

Because by leaving the country, they are olny going to help push the conservative agenda they supposedly hate so much. Leaving is the quick way out. Instead of fighting to change smethng for the better, they are bailing. That screams hissy fit to me.

It doesn't make a difference. Democracy, remember? Thomas Jefferson called it "the tyranny of the 51% majority".

You can't make a difference in a democracy if you are simply in the minority. For a lot of people, the loss of the election was a shock. Look at the map: I thought as a liberal that I lived in a country with nothing but people that were against the Bush Administration. I was wrong: I lived in nothing but a state full of people who hated Bush.

That was a harsh realization. Deciding to change nationality because of a political decision is hardly a hissy fit. If we live in a representative government, we have every right to decide that our representatives don't represent us.

On another note, I plan to attend university in Canada. (not for political reasons, although they do contribute, I guess.)

Mmm... hypocrisy

Don't like it?
Leave.

Wanna leave?
Pussy.

People need to calm down or this thread will go to an early grave.

You guys ruined my thread.

funny. i am amazed at sine. like it or not americans are hated world wide and can and will be assaulted. pansy *** nothing. if an american (liberal or democrat) is backpacking through europe there's a much better chance they will be assaulted if they are american.
a little disguise can come in handy.
almost every car rental place in canada would rent you a car with florida plates on it because americans (floridians in specific) were doind so much damagae to cars plated in ontario and quebec that some tourists that spent their hard earned cash in that state couldn't even drive home.
and this was 5 years before iraq war 2.

Wolfy, you got distracted by the example. What I was saying is that in bad times, people want to get away from the source of the bad things.

Wow. That really reflects poorly upon the rest of the world, then.



But, by leaving the country, they are simply making it worse for the people that stay. The difference between Hitler and Bush is that there still exists a system through which those who don't like Bush can still be heard -- something tells me the Jews didn't have much of a voice with Hitler.

Perhaps, but you only have to sway the vote 2% the get change, but that would take work, which people aren't willing to do. Hence the cop out by leaving the country.

it does look bad on the rest of the world (or the people who would do such things) but it's a fact.
like the americans that sent death threats to the artist of a scupture that was going to be erected in a small town in BC.
the scupture was to signify (?) the importance in both our historys of the vietnam draft dodgers. right or wrong it was a big deal for both of us but there are some *******s out there that seem to have nothing better to do.
same with that idiot that's trying to claim refugee status in canada because he signed up for the armed forces. he gets death threats daily from americans. and the strange thing is he would probably die in prison if he gets deported back.

bottom line is if you want to be safe get a canadian flag patch for you backpack and say 'eh' whilst travelling through europe.
it's a sign of the times and it sucks. :/