19 Feb 2022 7:45 pm
FOS » 19 Feb 2022, 8:40 pm » wrote: ↑ I tend to equate the word patriot and mercenary...especially if the 'country' is an empire.
But the word patriot has a very...complicated past.
The word was meant as an insult until very recently. Ancient Greeks would mock barbarians for being 'patriots' while they themselves had a polis...or 'free society'
Next time I see someone do some stupid **** or fall down like a klutz, I’ll say
”damn, that guys a patriot!”