Rant: overly patriotic

[IMADreamer]

Happy 4th, everyone be sure to go to your favorite forum and express your patriotism by posting about Murica, telling the internet how you support the troops, and put a bit ole American flag or two in your post, because we all know posting on the internet that you are patriotic means you are patriotic. While you are at it be sure to talk about how Christian America is and maybe a throw in how much trouble our country is in because of the great satan in office.

Note to the NSA agent reading this post, it's largely sarcastic and I quite like Obama.

[jim]

There is fake patriotism, there is disingenuous patriotism, but I can't think of a case where you can be overly patriotic. I do fly the flag at my house on special days like today. I do so to celebrate the blessing that I was born here. At sporting events, I take my hat off and place it over where my heart is supposed to be, and do not remove it from that spot until the song is complete.

[Numbers]

There is fake patriotism, there is disingenuous patriotism, but I can't think of a case where you can be overly patriotic. I do fly the flag at my house on special days like today. I do so to celebrate the blessing that I was born here. At sporting events, I take my hat off and place it over where my heart is supposed to be, and do not remove it from that spot until the song is complete.

I can whole-heartedly ++ this one

[Jocephus]

Joey Chestnut eats 69 hot dogs

http://espn.go.com/new-york/story/_/id/ ... k-own-mark

[lukethedrifter]

Overly patriotic would have been eating 7 more.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Overly patriotic would have been eating 7 more.

Correct amount of patriotism IMO.

[sighyoung]

There is fake patriotism, there is disingenuous patriotism, but I can't think of a case where you can be overly patriotic. I do fly the flag at my house on special days like today. I do so to celebrate the blessing that I was born here. At sporting events, I take my hat off and place it over where my heart is supposed to be, and do not remove it from that spot until the song is complete.

I'm perfectly fine with this. But there's plenty of disingenuous patriotism, some of which is laid on with a trowel. And I think Samuel Johnson was referring to that when he said, "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."

[IMADreamer]

There is fake patriotism, there is disingenuous patriotism, but I can't think of a case where you can be overly patriotic. I do fly the flag at my house on special days like today. I do so to celebrate the blessing that I was born here. At sporting events, I take my hat off and place it over where my heart is supposed to be, and do not remove it from that spot until the song is complete.

You are right I used the incorrect term.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I'm kind of torn on the whole thing. I'm happy that I was born in America and certainly respect everyone who has sacrificed for America. There are so many things to be thankful for.

But looking at where America is as a whole and where it will be going forward isn't so great. Stagnant wages, rising costs, never ending wars, and a declining position relative to the rest of the world in just about all things that measure prosperity (life expectancy, happiness, intelligence, etc) should cause concern instead of blind patriotic idiocy that some people seem to be cloaked in. (America has problems? Well, it's America, and we'll be okay because, you know, it's America. 'Murica!)

I wish people that were overly patriotic or disingenuous patriotic or whatever could all get together and address basic issues without acting like immature little school kids.

[M1IRONMIKE]

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