# The Democratic National Convention

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 17, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158 "2016-07-17T21:58:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/50 "2016-07-24T19:15:52Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Ace](#):
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> I suppose those 38% of Americans who disagree with you according to your own cite aren’t ‘real Americans.’ Because, gods know, it’s not American to have a view different from the majority one. Or to stand up for it.
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> Give me a fucking break.

Certainly, the 15% who sympathize with the Palestinians are indeed not real Americans. I’ll leave the undecideds/both/no opinion people alone tho. But given that the I:P ratio is 4:1 in that poll, I think we know which is the AMERICAN viewpoint.

[QUOTE=DSeid]  
Let us _imagine_ though that Mr. Khan _has_ expressed Palestinian sympathies publicly. So? The message is just as valid.

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Sympathies for a movement which condones and promotes blowing oneself up, [cheering September 11](https://youtu.be/oMOZvbYJMvU?t=6s) (not Trump’s made-up NJ story), torturing then murdering Olympic athletes, aligning with America’s enemies like Saddam during Desert Storm and Iran too, etc. That is un-American.

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