LET- letter to editor
Mon, Jan 24, 2005
War protesters are obligated to speak out
I would find the obscenity citation recently issued to war protester Mike Wallschlaeger laughable if I didn't understand the whole picture. The complaint wasn't really about the "obscene" sign; it was about our right to protest this immoral and unwarranted attack on Iraq.
If obscenity is the real problem, then the police need to come and pick up the people that drive by and yell the F-word at us or flip us off while we protest. These people are the minority as most people give us positive feedback. Because of the few rotten apples my children, who truly understand the gravity of this "war," are unable to protest with us.
My fellow protesters and I have been threatened with violence and had obscenities hurled at us. One person covered his license plate and drove up on the curb and ran down a sign. Several weeks ago a young man in a white SUV swerved at us and thought he was funny; if he had hit an icy patch he wouldn't be so smug right now.
I will continue to protest this illegitimate war, which is my constitutional right as an American. This is my country and I love it. I not only have the right but also the responsibility as a citizen to point out when our government is wrong.
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/wdhopinion/313299361902912.shtmlWow, they printed the entire letter this time.