LeftofLeft
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I’ve always wondered how you can love your country and yet want to “fundamentally transform” your country.
On the other hand, I wonder how people can love their country and still see many problems.
Imagine you're a Communist and you love your country, wouldn't you want it to become a Communist state?
Imagine you had a child who was gay, you love that child, but you'd prefer they weren't gay.
You are talking about "conditional love". Are you still going to love that child after your "fundamental transformation" efforts fail? Are you going to respect that child for being gay or are you going to undermine his will and right to live as a homosexual?
On your first example, the communists loves what his country can potentially be and not necessarily continue to love the country if the "fundamental transformation" fails.
I've asked this question before and everyone skirted around it, trying to avoid it.
What percentage of your country do you have to love in order to love your country?
Do you love Democrats? Do you love the inner city ghettos? Do you love the murder rate? Do you love the rape? Do you love all of the bad things in the US?
You never, ever complain about stuff?
This is the problem with your argument. You'll complain about things, and then say you love the country. Then say others don't love the country because they complain about stuff.
- I love Democrats but they need be fundamentally transformed
- I love inner city ghettos which need to undergo a fundamental transformation
How sincere do I sound by putting fundamental transformation” as a condition?