Reply #116: With you on this one

[Bluenorthwest]

I never believe in silence to help out the status quo. It is servile and Unamerican, and I've spent the last year saying so!
In terms of discussion here, frankly if it is to be a praise-athon, there is no need for the site at all.
I'd also like to say I heard our nominee speak today and he spoke constantly about the value of dissent, clearly spoken and loudly made dissent. I do wonder if his bully backers ever listen to what he says. He's not asking us to shut up, they are. And the pep squade here is self annointed and self proclaimed, they do not speak for Senator Obama or his campaign. Which explains in part why Obama calls for one thing, and they demand the other.
Myself I will go with the nominee and dissent like mad. Let the fanclub steam all they want. They've been steaming for months anyway. It is what they do. They are here shouting people down because they don't know how to make a case for Obama's position, and also because they are without a clear path now that they can not lean on bashing Hillary and have only Obama to talk about. Weak political activists are bad political activists.