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Comumbanus, like many Irish clergy was very outspoken. They Irish monks were the notable exception of intellectuality in the “dark ages,” and they were much more egalitarian than the rest of the church where dissent and criticism was not welcomed.
In this instance Pitt and a few others were arguing against the Stamp Act. They were accused of fomenting rebellion by advocating the same position of the rebellious colonists. Criticism of government policy is often castigated by claiming that enemies of the nation will take aid and comfort by the criticism and be encouraged in their conflict. In this case it was the Stamp Act. In more modern times those members of Congress in America who opposed the Iraq War and wanted withdrawal of U. S. troops were accused of aiding, comforting and encouraging the enemy. It is the favorite tactic of governments under attack for its foreign policy.
