BlackSand
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The point being that the term "patriot" or "patriotic" gets banded around a lot, and is often used for "you don't like what we do or say" but means "you're unAmerican for thinking such things", often it's pressure on people to support the US>
Things like flag waving, national anthem playing and the like are used at a basic level of patriotism to get people to be unified. But on a higher level manipulation through attacks by claiming people aren't this that or the other exists too.
We're not talking about doing what is needed to secure the US's peace. Most of it is about the US attacking and claiming that this needs to be done. Which is rubbish.
My point is why are you concerned about being called unpatriotic by people who support a government whose actions you don't support? Do you think that what they call you means more than the way you feel about what what they are doing?
If you feel the government is not doing what it needs to secure peace ... All I am suggesting is that you need to step up and do what you think is necessary to properly secure the peace you desire. I will be kind enough to clue you in to the fact that talking about it doesn't solve shit ... Because the people you are talking to don't give a damn what you have to say.
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