To: Sisku Hanne
My country right or wrong.
To support her when right.
To right her when wrong.
To: stocksthatgoup
My country right or wrong. To support her when right. To right her when wrong.
I guess failure to do the second would be an example of "bad patriotism".
6 posted on
11/13/2008 11:07:32 AM PST by
murdoog
("I am involved with politics so that politics is not involved with me"-Dan Flynn)
To: stocksthatgoup
A bad example is feeling more patriotic because Obama won the election.
7 posted on
11/13/2008 11:08:24 AM PST by
Reagan79
(Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys)
To: stocksthatgoup
Patriotism has been redefined...
due to the Obama victory...’Patriotism” no longer means what it used to.
Now...Jeremiah Wright is a Patriot
...William Ayers is a Patriot
...Michelle Obama is a Patriot
the meaning has changed...they voted for Change...they got Change.
14 posted on
11/13/2008 11:13:23 AM PST by
LtKerst
(Lt Kerst)
To: stocksthatgoup
When working on an assignment like this, it is important to establish working definitions at the onset. Thus, define patriotism in terms of the assignment, being aware of and perhaps making the point that the definition can vary from the undermining patriotism of the NYT to the genocide of the NAZIs. I would then pick the best (worst) liberal example I could find, i.e. Hanoi Jane, and expound on this.
20 posted on
11/13/2008 11:18:00 AM PST by
jimmyray
To: stocksthatgoup
On a slight tangent from your actual question, keep in mind that America is completely unique in human history, in that patriotism is dedication to the ideal of individual freedom as described in the Declaration and the Constitution, not to a geographic area or a leader or even a governmental structure.
Now that being said, it could be argued that the South during the Civil War was led by patriots who, aside from the slavery issue, were dedicated to the same principles as the North (and in the case of State's Rights, more so).
To: stocksthatgoup
nazis were patriotic
stalinists were patriotic
maoists were patriotic
iranian rev guard is patriotic
66 posted on
11/13/2008 12:31:29 PM PST by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: stocksthatgoup
thats my new tagline, great quote!
70 posted on
11/13/2008 12:56:47 PM PST by
MetalHeadConservative35
(My country right or wrong,To support her when right,To right her when wrong - Stocksthatgoup)
To: stocksthatgoup
thats my new tagline, great quote!
71 posted on
11/13/2008 12:56:56 PM PST by
MetalHeadConservative35
(My country right or wrong,To support her when right,To right her when wrong - Stocksthatgoup)
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