Patriotism is not something NEW since 9/11.
The vast majority of people in this great nation have a deep respect for those who go into harms way on our behalf together with an honest debt our founding fathers payed to bring onto the globe a nation, born in liberty, founded on the notion that all men are created equal. In addition most of us know country we live in, know who's side we're on, and know who's on our side.
What's more, patriotism has been a fundemental attribute in most peoples political decision making proccess long before 9/11.
So, liberals, pardon us if your friends and neibors ask you to remember where you live, pardon us, liberals if your friends and neibors remind you that you speak with an international voice and, pardon us if we turn a deaf ear to those who carry our enemies arguments within this great country.