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In reply to the discussion: Patriotism is for fools! [View all]hobbit709
(41,694 posts)47. I didn't miss it when I graduated in 1968 and I don't miss it now.
Looked in a mirror lately?
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Since you don't wish to reasonable discuss anything here why don't you go trash this thread too.
L0oniX
Dec 2012
#61
I'm with you. Saying you are patriotic does not necessarily mean espousing, "my country right or
Squinch
Dec 2012
#135
Which is why American Corporations made China rich and claim to be above U.S. laws
AZ Progressive
Dec 2012
#13
To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography. – George Santayana
L0oniX
Dec 2012
#38
"a nationalist cannot tolerate any criticism and considers it an insult" ...and you can see that...
L0oniX
Dec 2012
#132
The problem is that rethugs would say that their "values and beliefs" are valid
BanTheGOP
Dec 2012
#28
Agree 100%. Nationalism gets you the Third Reich. Those who fought for the US against....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#69
The victorious Allied Powers that imposed the Treaty of Versailles on a vanquished Germany.
Ikonoklast
Dec 2012
#141
My Dad, a labor leader in his own right, used to talk about patriotism & criticism at the
patrice
Dec 2012
#54
That's called American Exceptionalism & it implemented, through Evangelicals mostly, the war on Iraq
patrice
Dec 2012
#57
And a religious crock at that & I'm not necessarily against religion that is honest about what it is
patrice
Dec 2012
#80
What's the real point of your post? Is your intent to be as divisive as possible and piss off....
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#79
Your objective is obvious. IMO you are unable to have a decent discussion over the topic.
L0oniX
Dec 2012
#111
It's a major f'ing hair. If you can't see that, then there's nothing else to say. nt.
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#137
Proof that the purpose was to agitate the feces container instead of a discussion.
hobbit709
Dec 2012
#103
They are not "my" quotes but quotes from the sources. Was there something you wanted to discuss..
L0oniX
Dec 2012
#110
IMO all you have done is stir shit. If you even read the quotes you would see the same...
L0oniX
Dec 2012
#113
You're the person who started this crap with an insulting post. Deal with it. nt.
OldDem2012
Dec 2012
#138
That pernicious sentiment, “Our country, right or wrong.” – James Russell Lowell
burrowowl
Dec 2012
#133