Comments on: Of Patriotism, Joe Six-Pack, and Real Americans

By: abw

abw — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:31:37 +0000

Mary Neal, it doesn’t surprise me at all.

By: douglaskev

douglaskev — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:21:12 +0000

right on.

By: LSW

LSW — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:03:42 +0000

y’all should write about this:

” ‘Violent bigotry is still disturbingly prevalent in America, with nearly one hate crime occurring every hour of every day of the year,’ ADL director Abraham H. Foxman said in a statement.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102701519.html?hpid=sec-nation

By: Mary Neal

Mary Neal — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:07:23 +0000

Some folks are held as being “unpatriotic” if they ask what happened to their relatives who died in government custody and are returned to their families as corpses but denied any records, explanation, excuse or investigation. Did you know that?

See The Cochran Firm Fraud vidoes 1 and 2 on YouTube, if they let you. Comments to the videos seem to be on lockdown.

Mary Neal

By: anonymousbw

anonymousbw — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:52:58 +0000

There is the patriotism of honest patriots-i.e. dissenters with a cause-then there is the false brand of patriotism-the patriotism of *darn* fools! The kind that is really nothing but jingoism!We all know the brand of patriotism “some” *real* Americans are drinking.

I have grown tired of the words “American…”Patriots”…”Hardworking”..being equated only with White Protestant Males(like me.)

That has been annoying for a while to me!

By: Tariq Nelson

Tariq Nelson — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:00:49 +0000

Nice piece. I also think that people are getting tired of small town America being presented as “real” Americans and the rest of us as “fake”. McCain even said last night in an interview that those “elites” they talk about are in NYC and DC.

Another McCain person said that N. Virginia is not “real” Virginia. I suppose I live in “fake” Virginia

By: John

John — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:26:39 +0000

It is sickening to see the value of patriotism cheapened like this. I myself am a white, male, protestant, straight, middle class, male, (the list of privileges goes on). I do love this country, but that does not mean my Asian friends and my Wicca step-mother loves it less. The idea that only white, protestant, small town people, who live in the Midwest (like most of my family) are American is offensive, even those who fit in that description. It makes me feel sick to have my patriotism just handed to me because of my skin color and in what way I worship, while others have to die to gain it (even then they might be called into question).

Like I said, sickening.

By: Jane Stark

Jane Stark — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:09:57 +0000

God, that’s lovely. Thank you so much for putting those thoughts to words so effectively.

As a Canuck watching the campaigns from north of the border, I’m pulling for you guys. Barack Obama would be such a positive force, and not just in the United States. And, even for non-Americans, the alternative is really just too scary.

By: The Vixenne

The Vixenne — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:11:19 +0000

If Michelle Bachman, Sarah Palin and their brainwashed bigoted ilk are the examples of “real Americans”, then I want no part of it. Let me define what being an “American” is to me. I believe in the politics of inclusion and respect.

There’s a great saying: “Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel”.

By: Andre

Andre — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:58:32 +0000

*Joins ABW in the standing O*

I remember when McCain recently tried to quell some nonsense from one of his supporters about Obama being an Arab. Immediately after dispelling the idea that Obama was a Muslim, he went on to say that Obama’s a “decent family man”; almost implying that such attributes aren’t associated with Muslims. Though I happen to actually be a Christian, I almost fell out of my chair when I heard that nonsense.

The picture in this post should be STAPLED on Palin and McCain’s foreheads…along with their legion of ignorant-ass minions.