"Un-American"

I will keep this short and sweet: it's time to drop the serious use of this negative adjective from our lexicon.

Admittedly, it's kinda funny in a "stick it to them" way to read that Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer turned around the insult that Republicans used during the Bush era.  But it's not funny enough. 

From 2001 to 2006, congressional Republicans and the Bush Administration used the label to quash disagreement with aspects of the Patriot Act and/or the war in Iraq.

Now Pelosi has decided to dust off the insult and bring it into the health care debate.   Bad idea. 

You don't win the argument by utilizing the same tactics your party criticized just a few years ago.  You don't convince people to adopt your point of view by implying their actions don't belong in this country. 

No single person in this country has the right to decide how "American" someone's behavior is, unless that someone has been found guilty of treason.  Responding to scare tactics, lies and rude behavior by slapping them with the "un-American" tag makes you just as shady and sleazy as those you criticize. 

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