19 Feb 2022 3:10 pm
What does it mean to be an American Patriots?
It's defined thus: devotion to and vigorous support for one's country.
But that makes no sense to me. In every civil war, both sides claimed to be patriots as they slaughtered each other. Is patriotism expressed by murdering ones countrymen?
How does it manifest in any Way? Putting a yellow ribbon on a bumper sticker?
In this country, military vets are overepresented in suicides and homelessness. It is quite obvious this country hates vets. I am reminded of this every time I go to the VA
To me, patriotism is expressed by cooperation with fellow citizens, not by conflict with them. Yet modern Americans who deem themselves the most patriotic also seem to be the first to throw other Americans under the bus of hardship and poverty.
The most ardent patriots are the same ones promoting a rat race dog eat dog vision of society with no cooperation, only competition. They seem to hate other Americans intensely. Is this a paradox?
It's defined thus: devotion to and vigorous support for one's country.
But that makes no sense to me. In every civil war, both sides claimed to be patriots as they slaughtered each other. Is patriotism expressed by murdering ones countrymen?
How does it manifest in any Way? Putting a yellow ribbon on a bumper sticker?
In this country, military vets are overepresented in suicides and homelessness. It is quite obvious this country hates vets. I am reminded of this every time I go to the VA
To me, patriotism is expressed by cooperation with fellow citizens, not by conflict with them. Yet modern Americans who deem themselves the most patriotic also seem to be the first to throw other Americans under the bus of hardship and poverty.
The most ardent patriots are the same ones promoting a rat race dog eat dog vision of society with no cooperation, only competition. They seem to hate other Americans intensely. Is this a paradox?