Posted on 07/05/2010 11:48:21 AM PDT by Qbert
Im confused, the left always says we cant question their patriotism, yet Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive magazine, hates America and hes proud of it. Note: We all know the vast majority of the left feels this way but dont have the b-lls to admit it publicly
(The Progressive)- Its July 4th, my least favorite holiday.
And Im not referring to the bugs, or the crowds, or the traffic on the highways.
Im talking about the mindless patriotic bubble bath were all supposed to soak in all weekend long.
Well, not me.
My heart does not beat faster at the strains of the Star Spangled Banner, much less at the sight of F-16s flying overhead to kick off the show.
You see, I dont believe in patriotism.
You can call me unpatriotic if youd like, but really Im anti-patriotic.
Ive been studying fascism lately, and there is one inescapable fact about it:
Nationalism is the egg that hatches fascism.
And patriotism is but the father of nationalism.
Patriotism is not something to play with. Its highly toxic. When ingested, it corrodes the rational faculties.
American patriotism has also gotten in the way of solving global warming. Many in the United States, which consumes 25 percent of the worlds resources but has just 4 percent of the worlds population, believe we have the God-given right to use up all the resources we can. And there is an all-too-common attitude that we dont need to listen to any other countries, or the U.N., or obey any international agreements because were Americans, and were better than everybody else.
Weve got to get over patriotism, and weve got to cure the American superiority complex.
“...Biggest Jewish family this side of Haifa,” Rothschild says with a broad smile.”
Good thing he’s bashing those eeeeeevil patriotic Americans- the ones that helped defeat the Nazis, and brought down the heavily anti-Jewish Soviet Union...
All the drugs, hippy free love pay back forty years later.
Man that must have come directly frim zero that is what he has been saying since he got elected.
It is a damn good thing that the Russians did not have the strength or means to invade the USA because there would have been millions of fith columnists to help conquer this country. The only good thing about zero getting elected is that they have scurried out of hiding like the cockroahes they are.
Fascism is a form of government that can only come about via socialism, it is a form of socialism just like communism. The difference between the two is one the government owns the means of production and with fascism the government controls the private sector via rules and regulations.
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