What is Patriotism?
It was my pleasure to see Mr. John Aravosis of AMERICAblog on CNN last night. He was put up with Mark Kilmer of www.redstate.com in a fairly mild back and forth about what patriotism meant to them, others, and what it should be in general. I feel Mr. Aravosis did a pretty good job, though his presentation was fairly tentative. They touched on supporting out troops in the Iraq War and the recent Amendment against flag burning.
It was the safer version of questions like these. Is it enough to buy yellow bumper stickers from China? Does that make you a true patriot? If I start saying that I'm a Patriot to everyone I meet, and utterly convince myself, how aren't I a Patriot? How much is talk worth? What if I really feel like a Patriot?And flag burning; is it really patriotic to be defending our flag, when there have been only four recorded instances of flag burning in the last year? (Note: The clips of flags being burnt they had were very old. Older cameras, old clothe a hairstyles. It's like they're up-in-arms about something that happened twenty years ago.) Couldn't they be using time in congress to be talking about real issues like the war, which has so far killed near 3000 Americans? It is really that important? Really, these should answer themselves.
The CNN clip has yet to pop up on the internet, but I saw this on PoliticsTV. It almost seems like an afterthough of Aravosis' bit on CNN. It's what he really believes, and what he didn't have to censor out for national television courtesy. Excellent stuff. Here's an excerpt.
It was the safer version of questions like these. Is it enough to buy yellow bumper stickers from China? Does that make you a true patriot? If I start saying that I'm a Patriot to everyone I meet, and utterly convince myself, how aren't I a Patriot? How much is talk worth? What if I really feel like a Patriot?And flag burning; is it really patriotic to be defending our flag, when there have been only four recorded instances of flag burning in the last year? (Note: The clips of flags being burnt they had were very old. Older cameras, old clothe a hairstyles. It's like they're up-in-arms about something that happened twenty years ago.) Couldn't they be using time in congress to be talking about real issues like the war, which has so far killed near 3000 Americans? It is really that important? Really, these should answer themselves.
The CNN clip has yet to pop up on the internet, but I saw this on PoliticsTV. It almost seems like an afterthough of Aravosis' bit on CNN. It's what he really believes, and what he didn't have to censor out for national television courtesy. Excellent stuff. Here's an excerpt.
"Talking about upholding the ideas of America like George Bush does is what a patriotic Republican does. Actually adhering to those ideals, like the Geneva Convention against torture, or the 4th amendment prohibition on illegally spying on American Citizens, is what Patriotic Democrats do. Talking about protecting freedoms is easy; it's what Republicans do, a lot. Actually advancing those freedoms, even when it's unpopular, that's what real Americans do. That's patriotism."
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