What is Patriotism
The question of what does it mean to be patriotic, is one that has been in the fore front of political dialogue as of late. I have always considered myself to be a strong patriot. However I do not believe that in order to love ones country you must blindly support it. I believe that a person can love their nation and protest its policies, can love there nation and feel it's current direction is wrong, can love there nation and feel that the current President is misguided. As a matter of fact I feel that in order to truly love your nation and guard against the rise of tyranny and the misuse of power one must keep a keen eye on there government and its leaders.
However that being said, I also do not believe that you can truly be a patriot if all you do is seek to find fault and blame with your country. Many who seem to always be the ones at the protest rallies, raging against everything from pollution to a free market. Many of these same people can it seems only ever find fault with their nation. They seem to believe on spec any allegation and ill word spoken about there country.To be the first to find fault and opine against nearly everything about america. That is of course there right, and is to be respected. However I do not understand how someone can claim to love there country and yet loath everything about it, and be the first to have an ill word to speak.
What I find even more ironic is that many of those within the group that I am speaking of are usually the first to ciriticize and the last to take action( except of course for carrying a picket sign). Many of these "concerned americans" while the first to spout off at the mouth are one of the last groups to vote, or campaign, to donate money, register voters, organize meetings to hold discussions, and to work for change within the system. I find it ironic that they claim to care enough to march and protest ( again as is there right) yet so few of them actually care enough to work for real change.
I have realized that it is not my place or my right to question anyones patriotism, however I would say that if you truly love your country it is your duty to give everything you can to try and fix the problems that you see and to make your nation into the county that you want rather then bitch about what it has become and yet do nothing about it. That is hypocracy, and that is not America at least not in my opinion.
However that being said, I also do not believe that you can truly be a patriot if all you do is seek to find fault and blame with your country. Many who seem to always be the ones at the protest rallies, raging against everything from pollution to a free market. Many of these same people can it seems only ever find fault with their nation. They seem to believe on spec any allegation and ill word spoken about there country.To be the first to find fault and opine against nearly everything about america. That is of course there right, and is to be respected. However I do not understand how someone can claim to love there country and yet loath everything about it, and be the first to have an ill word to speak.
What I find even more ironic is that many of those within the group that I am speaking of are usually the first to ciriticize and the last to take action( except of course for carrying a picket sign). Many of these "concerned americans" while the first to spout off at the mouth are one of the last groups to vote, or campaign, to donate money, register voters, organize meetings to hold discussions, and to work for change within the system. I find it ironic that they claim to care enough to march and protest ( again as is there right) yet so few of them actually care enough to work for real change.
I have realized that it is not my place or my right to question anyones patriotism, however I would say that if you truly love your country it is your duty to give everything you can to try and fix the problems that you see and to make your nation into the county that you want rather then bitch about what it has become and yet do nothing about it. That is hypocracy, and that is not America at least not in my opinion.
posted by Gipper at 11:57 AM
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