From: Arlo Bensinger (ajb102@psu.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 23 2005 - 22:13:47 BST
[Platt]
"Patriot" as defined by Merriam Webster: "one who loves his or her country
and supports its authority and interests." Those characters fail to meet
the definition, especially in regards to elected "authority." To them,
whatever is wrong in the world is America's fault.
[Case]
I don't think this definition means one who gives blind allegance to
country. Furthermore your frequent rants against the govenment would
clearly put you in the camp of non-patriots. Our history is full of
patriots who have spoken out against the government when it was wrong.
[Arlo feels he must interject...]
Given the above definition... what does that make Rush Limbaugh during the
Clinton years? A traitor!
Ah, but once again I'll wait for the Janus Realization. "Patriotism" only
means you have to blindly support the REPUBLICAN party. You can be a
patriot and hate and despise democrats and criticize Clinton and Carter
until you're blue in the face. You are still a patriot. But be critical of
a republican president or republican inspired action and
wwwwwwhhhhhhhoooooooaaaaaaaaa you are a traitor commie pinko leftist
marxist ANTIPATRIOT.
When Platt speaks out against "the liberals" or Clinton, he is completely
being patriotic. When you speak out against "the conservatives" or Bush,
you are a traitor. When Rush Limbaugh spent 3 hours a day during the
Clinton years speaking out against everything done by the White House (I
know, I listened), he was being a patriot. When Chomsky or Al Franken speak
out against Bush, they are traitors.
You see. That's how it works, isn't it? That's all part and parcel of the
Big Dichotomy. Republican and Patriot are synonyms. Democrat and Patriot
are antonyms.
Arlo
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