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Re: Re: Please define "patriot"
gothgirl — (archived)

when one's country's values first come into conflict with another's, the patriotic thing to do is to loyally support your country.

but when your country's values repeatedly come into conflict with many other countries, especially those who have traditionally been your friends and allies, and when those conflicts seem to be the result of the policies of one of your country's factions, and when you and many of your fellow citizens also begin to question your country's actions, then it is the patriotic thing to do to challenge that faction, and call them to account.

and if your concerns are ignored or dismissed by that faction as unpatriotic,
and when the very acts of questioning and debate and dissent are attacked as unpatriotic, then you can be confident that you are on the right track, and you are doing the right thing, and it is your patriotic duty as a citizen and a human being to call them to account.

i fully expect those who disagree with me to believe i am mistaken, but i will not tolerate anyone else defining for me what love of country is supposed to be.

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