When you "give aid and comfort" to the enemy it means hiding them in your home, feeding them, supplying weapons, giving secret information and such. It does not mean that calling the President of the United States a chimp, dim witted, deserter, money grubbing, war monger, coward, bald faced liar or anything else. That is dissent.
Main Entry: 1dis·sent
Pronunciation: di-'sent
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin dissentire, from dis- + sentire to feel
1 : to withhold assent
2 : to differ in opinion
Main Entry: dis·si·dent
Pronunciation: -d&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin dissident-, dissidens, present participle of dissidEre to sit apart, disagree, from dis- + sedEre to sit
: disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
- dissident noun
Seems Mr. Moore fits all these listed. Now let's backtrack and look at that accusation of treason
again.
Main Entry: trea·son
Pronunciation: 'trE-z&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English tresoun, from Old French traison, from Latin tradition-, traditio act of handing over, from tradere to hand over, betray --
1 : the betrayal of a trust : TREACHERY
2 : the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance or to kill or personally injure the sovereign or the sovereign's family
Moore was never a member of Bush's administration so he was not in a trusted position to betray. #1 doesn't apply.
So far I have not heard of Moore trying to overthrow any governments, kill any political leaders or any member of their families. #2 doesn't apply.
Give it up NeoCons. You love to sling the smelly stuff, you just can't handle being on the receiving end. Wrapping yourself in the flag does not give you the power to silence those who think you are wrong.
