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Do these cretins still ask for "Freedom Fries" when they go to McDonalds?
Go Get'em, Boys!
Why did she think he went over there?? DUHHHHHHHHHHHHH
It was disrespectful, even worse than disrespectful, it was sort of crazy... right in the midst of such a serious speech, a speech not familiar or personable at all (like a speech before a rally of supporters might be), and someone shouts something out... if not for the fact that it was noise about 'love' (and I'm taking everybody's word for that, because I couldn't identify what was being shouted as I watched the speech), if not for that, it might have been a security alert, or at least a sign of protest... people don't even do such stuff at the Academy Awards for cripe's sake... given the context and tone of the speech, and the quiet moment chosen to shout out like that, again, it was disrespectful, it was inappropriate, and it was so inappropriate as to be maybe insane (would you or any sensible person you know ever have done that in that serious and important context), and that's how this particular American accepts it... beyond that, all I'd want to know is exactly who did the shouting : it was so inappropriate (and in English too) that I'm suspicious of it, maybe it was meant to embarrass the President (again, consider the tone and context of the speech), and to give it any more thought, I'd want to know first exactly who the numbskull or troublemaker was that shouted that out during the President's speech.
If by 'acknowledged' you're referring to when the President said "thank you", it was my impression in that exact moment, that he was saying "thank you" flatly and abruptly and without any smile or warm feeling, in exactly the same way that people cut off and dismiss others who have interrupted them... I'm not making that up or imagining that, there are lots of folks who do that, they abruptly say "thank you" (and usually say it forcefully) as a way of cutting off and dismissing someone who is interrupting what they're saying... maybe you've never heard of that, but it's true and it's even common, and it's what I thought at the time the President said "thank you" (mostly for the way he said it), and if by mentioning Democracy you mean that that's Democracy in action or freedom of speech (to shout things out while a person is delivering a public address), it is not : no one that I know of shouted anything out at President Lincoln while he delivered an address at Gettysburg, and if they had, no one I'm sure (least of all President Lincoln) would have said "well there you go, there's Democracy for you" or "freedom of speech, you gotta love it" for the interruption... no, the interruption would have been considered disrespectful and inappropriate at least, if not insane and even perhaps the work of a troublemaker.
What a coincidence . . . I wonder how shouts of "KILL HIM!" at Sarah Palin campaign rallies will be accepted at home.
Oh wait -- those WERE at home . . .