User talk:VirginiaPatriot

Copperheads (politics)
I have never heard the term "Copperhead" applied to opponents of the Iraqi war. This is obviously POV on your part. Wiki does not allow this kind of thing. 71.139.27.85 18:09, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

That is certainly your opinion and you are welcome to it, but this term will normally not be heard in your circles (i.e. San Francisco, California, U.S. Northeast, etc.) Those places that are predominantly liberal, anti-Bush, isolated from mainstream middle of the road politics, tolerant of differing opinions, and ignorant of U.S. History do not discuss these terms. However, in the rest of the country, it is quickly gaining ground. More people are hearing this term "Copperhead." More people are reading the stark similarities between the anti-Lincoln, anti-Republican sentiments of the Civil War, and the anti-Bush, anti-Republican sentiments of today.


 * It's not a question of whose opinion it is or where I live (or don't live as the case may be). To use your description of "Copperhead" in the Iraqi War context, you must find a quote. YOu must find a newspaper article or some other document in which the word "Copperhead" is used to describe those opposed to the Iraqi war, and you must furthermore desmonstrate that the word is in common currency. You failed to do either. 71.139.27.85 22:03, 19 February 2007 (UTC)