What defines a Patriot?

[Wry Catcher]

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[Cecilie1200]

Love of country and support for its authority and interests.

Y'know, all these thorny little questions like "patriot" and "is" are available in this handy-dandy book we call a "dictionary". Just FYI.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

"Patriotism is usually the refuge of the scoundrel. He is the man who talks the loudest." - Mark Twain

 

[Douger]

HFD

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIbSHX2hQfg]YouTube - It's Howdy Doody Time![/ame]

 

[Douger]

Of course
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLjNJI54GMM&feature=related]YouTube - Archie Bunker on Gun Control[/ame]

 

[Douger]

"Patriot" mentality

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYK35krSATs]YouTube - Archie Bunker sings God Bless America[/ame]

 

[Douger]

How about a flag waving, millionaire, draft dodger, who loves the country so much he bought a ranch next to his idiot hero, Dubya ?
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNLmi0_216g]YouTube - FSA: Ted Nugent Threatens Obama & Clinton[/ame]

 

[☭proletarian☭]

• The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary of its kind used by the United States Army and several allied nations. It is manufactured by the Raytheon Company of the United States. ...
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_missile
• Any of a cluster of missiles used in the MIM-104 Patriot missile system
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Patriot_missile

 

[DiamondDave]

Go and thank a vet and show some appreciation and interest.... they may explain a tiny bit about patriotism to you

 

[HUGGY]

Love of country and support for its authority and interests.

Y'know, all these thorny little questions like "patriot" and "is" are available in this handy-dandy book we call a "dictionary". Just FYI.

So the colonials fighting against the British were not patriots?

 

[Big Black Dog]

The ability to play football and normally win the game.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Love of country and support for its authority and interests.

Y'know, all these thorny little questions like "patriot" and "is" are available in this handy-dandy book we call a "dictionary". Just FYI.

So the colonials fighting against the British were not patriots?

Depends. Were they patriots to Great Britain? No, obviously not. They were traitors, and knew and accepted that that's what they were. Were they patriots to the colonies and the country that they hoped those colonies would become? I'd say so, since they pledged everything they had, including their lives and honor, to defend and uphold the authority and interests of said fledgling country.

 

[txlonghorn]

Where is New England, anyway? Oh yeah...Boston...which just so happens to be the site of the FIRST Tea Party...

Damn! Aint that just a co-winkie-dink!?!?!? Those Patriots sure could party!

 

[Si modo]

Love of country and support for its authority and interests.

Y'know, all these thorny little questions like "patriot" and "is" are available in this handy-dandy book we call a "dictionary". Just FYI.

Orwellians hate dictionaries.

 

[California Girl]

Love of country and support for its authority and interests.

Y'know, all these thorny little questions like "patriot" and "is" are available in this handy-dandy book we call a "dictionary". Just FYI.

Orwellians hate dictionaries.

Didn't Obama remove the word 'patriot' from the dictionary?

 

[Si modo]

Love of country and support for its authority and interests.

Y'know, all these thorny little questions like "patriot" and "is" are available in this handy-dandy book we call a "dictionary". Just FYI.

Orwellians hate dictionaries.

Didn't Obama remove the word 'patriot' from the dictionary?

I keep waiting for my government issued lexicon of Newspeak but I don't have it yet. Could be.

 

[California Girl]

Orwellians hate dictionaries.

Didn't Obama remove the word 'patriot' from the dictionary?

I keep waiting for my government issued lexicon of Newspeak but I don't have it yet. Could be.

In my new 'Obama Approved' Dictionary, the definition of 'racist' is now 'anyone who disagrees with Obama'.

 

[uscitizen]

Real Patriots have little made in China magentic "support our troops" ribbons on their cars.

 

[Si modo]

Didn't Obama remove the word 'patriot' from the dictionary?

I keep waiting for my government issued lexicon of Newspeak but I don't have it yet. Could be.

In my new 'Obama Approved' Dictionary, the definition of 'racist' is now 'anyone who disagrees with Obama'.

As I am immersed in Newspeak, I'm picking up on some of it. Immersion is effective in learning a new language.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Go and thank a vet and show some appreciation and interest.... they may explain a tiny bit about patriotism to you

I am a Vet.