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Originally Posted by Micjones
My point is simply that serving one's country in that way doesn't make you any more patriotic than someone who, say, has chosen to be an educator or a community organizer.
Some of them certainly, but I think to pretend America doesn't have regressive and destructive ideas and practices is to be dishonest. There are certainly a number of American ideas I do not espouse.
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for the first point, I agree
for the second point, patriotism does not equal blind faith, or acceptance to all American ideas. Where does standing up and being quiet during the national anthem sync up to your point? Do you espouse the majority of american principles? Do you like living here, do you like the freedoms of political ideals, religious beliefs, coming or going as you see fit. Voting on ideas you agree with? Then stop trolling, stand for the anthem out of respect for all America has been through, good and bad, things you agree with and disagree with. Why can't we have unity in one small act?