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In reply to the discussion: Harry Belafonte Says Obama Lacks "Moral Compass" [View all]EFerrari
(163,986 posts)AMY GOODMAN: And to those who say, "If you want President Obama re-elected, you will undermine him if you criticize him; and consider the alternative"?
HARRY BELAFONTE: I think we will not only undermine him, but undermine the hopes of this nation, if we dont criticize him. Absence of protest in the times of this kind of national crisis Theodore Roosevelt once says, "When tyranny takes over the national agenda, it is that time that the voices of protest must be awakened. And if you dont raise your voice in protest, you are a patriotic traitor." And I believe that patriotism is betrayed by those voices that are not heard. Those who would distract you from that fact are those who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Nothing will happen but good for Barack Obama and the United States of America, and indeed the world, if everybody stepped to the table and said, "This is the course we must be on."
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/16/sing_your_song_harry_belafonte_on