19 Feb 2022 5:34 pm
SJConspirator » 19 Feb 2022, 4:10 pm » wrote: ↑ 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?
I once authored a thread deconstructing and critiquing patriotism as a mental disorder - have not changed my mind about that. Here are a couple of posts reflecting my opinion:
Cannonpointer » 31 Aug 2014, 9:07 pm » wrote: ↑ I consider the mental disease of patriotism, and honesty, to be mutually exclusive, son.
Cannonpointer » 15 Dec 2014, 7:08 am » wrote: ↑ As to whether I sneer at a man's oath, I do not. I expect him to honor it. I DO sneer at the belief by some that they joined the military out of patriotism, when in truth they joined it for one of the following reasons (or some combination):
1. Money for college
2. To "become a man"
3. To get their daddy to respect them
4. No other career was available
5. To adjudicate a felony
When you complain, ur friends roll their eyes and ur enemies rejoice
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?