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"A patriot must always be ready to defend his
country
against his government." - Edward Abbey
"Patriotism is the last refuge
of a scoundrel." – Samuel Johnson
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a
scarce man and brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds
however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot." –
Mark Twain
"When I was deployed in Iraq and had a chance to
watch American news channels, I heard commentators say that if we question or
criticize our government, we do not love America and are being unpatriotic.
They believed that patriotism meant waving a flag and being blindly
obedient, but this is not what it means to love our country.
If we love our country we will do our
best to improve it.
We will try to make America a better place for
everyone, as courageous citizens have always done." - Captian Paul K. Chappell,
US Army
"The
ideal of patriotism is
taught to citizens of every nation as soon as they enter kindergarten.
Being gradually reinforced all through school,
patriotism becomes
ingrained.
Most citizens accept
patriotism as
a natural aspect of their
lives.
Perceiving
the deceit and falsehood behind political rhetoric is necessary for any
person who wishes to have a
truly free mind.
Individual must separate their feelings from the
source of stimuli and see the process as objectively as possible or succumb to
knee-jerk patriotism.
Cultivating an
awareness of the negative machinations of government isn't an exercise
confined to the political
arena of anti-establishment radicalism.
The
ability to perceive
the distortions of manipulative
propaganda requires attentiveness to
cultural differences - the ability to
see things as they are.
Understanding
patriotism demands
being informed beyond what
standard schooling teaches and corporate
media conveys." - Lew Paz
definition of the inverse of a patriot
Patriot is defined as one who loves
and defends his or her country which just happens to include the people that
make up the populace of his or her country not just
the elite who control the country.
A patriot is not defined as one who:
lusts for power;
goes on
'crusades';
supports
corporate monopolies;
declares
war on the common man;
takes from the poor and gives to
the wealthy;
'bends
the rules' as the ends justifies the means;
inflexible because
inflexibility is seen as a sign of weakness;
allows his buddies
to spoil the 'commons' with
toxic waste;
makes sure his buddies
corporations land no-bid government contracts;
fails to enforce laws of
his country that are inconvenient to his
buddies;
knows what is best for his
citizens;
uses propaganda to
further political objectives;
expertly stages 'mission
accomplished' entrances;
works under cover of
darkness to hide his secrets;
uses fear and terror to increase his
political fortunes;
grants a pardon to a political supporter who
kills endangered and protected national symbols - bald eagles for
sport.
George Walker Bush pardoned Leslie O. Collier for shooting
two bald eagles.
Leslie O. Collier runs a 600 hundred acre grain farm.
Leslie O. Collier must have been protecting his grain from the bald
eagles - after all bald eagles consume tons of grain. |
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