Originally posted by: Genesys
what exactly is a neocon?
if youre not gay, why do you care so much about "gay rights"?
and since you care so much about "gay rights", why dont you also care for Iraqi freedom?
or to take it one step further, why dont you care for freedom of the oppressed around the world?
A neo-conservative is a person who believes the United States should freely exercise its military strength over the world in order to assert global dominance and usher in a world model consistent to the values and beliefs of the United States.
I'm not gay, but I care about gay rights because I care for the rights of fellow human beings who happen to be gay.
I also do care about the freedom of the Iraqi people and for all those oppressed around the world. I just do not believe that launching a fullscale, preemptive land invasion of the country was the correct way to get Iraqis that freedom.
The problem you have is that you are unable to keep seperate ideas distinct. Being against the war doesn't mean that you're pro-Saddam. Being against the war doesn't mean that you hate America. Being against the war doesn't mean that you don't have compassion for fellow human beings.
This kind of fallacious thinking crept its way into American culture when our President abused the unity and support of the world after the 9/11 attacks when he said "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists". Such statements are illogical and dangerous.
I close with a quote from Hermann Goering, the Third Reich's second in command, made on the eve of his Nuremberg trial:
Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.