If you are truly patriotic...
-you do not shop at WalMart.
-you take an interest in learning about our constitution.
-you are actively involved in charity work, etc to help your fellow man.
-you work hard and spend your money wisely and don't like ungrateful people.
-you root for the underdog, you truly wish for everyone to succeed.
-you do not change your beliefs because of what is popular.
-you have serious, tangible reasons for your voting record.
It's not about having a flag on your porch...and it's not about hoping to catch your president in a lie. In all honesty, it has little to do with politics.
2006-07-25 14:36:23 · 16 answers · asked by cirque de lune 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
excuse me? get off my what and get a job at burger king? I was working at Kmart, making 6 bucks an hour, when Wal Mart started driving them under. and it's news to me 80% of Americans live under poverty. you wouldn't know that by all the bling that gets sold in this country.
I still work in a grocery store, only now I'm up to 7 bucks an hour after eight years of working. And I still avoid WalMart.
2006-07-25 14:46:01 · update #1
Right on sister. To all of the folks who have disagreed with your Wal-Mart comment, apparently they don't realize that Wal-Mart is responsible for the decrease of union store jobs and a livable wage. Health insurance is not affordable and is not even offered to someone who is part time. More than half the Wal-Mart staff is part time, so the company make BILLIONS while artificially decreasing costs and driving mom and pop stores, as well as grocery stores who buy quality products, out of business.
I think you make several good points. It has very little to do with politics and has more to do with loving and giving back to your community and country.
Check out the real Walmart home page and then look at how they twist their own facts. It's a disease. I'm sorry you and so many others have lost your jobs.
2006-07-25 15:14:18 · answer #1 · answered by thechdlikempress 2 · 6⤊ 3⤋
To me, being patriotic is realizing how many people suffered to form our great country. We would not be in such a great USA if no one first took the effort to fight for freedom of religion and freedom of speech and all the freedoms that our forefathers set up for us. Trying to rope this in with shopping at Wal-mart escapes me at the moment. Wal-Mart is just an example of the American dream, it was started by a hard working American just trying to give the people what they wanted.
2006-07-25 21:47:06 · answer #2 · answered by Tracy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excuse me ????? wtf...why is shopping at walmart considered Non-patriotic??? maybe you havn't noticed that around 80% of the USA is in poverty...you idiot.... some people can't afford anything other then Walmart... and root for the underdog....you root for who you want to win not who should win or isnt suppose to win.. and you think your patriotic...you should get off Yahoo and go work fast food joints and realize what it means to live in poverty you self-centered B*tch....
2006-07-25 21:42:26 · answer #3 · answered by Iceman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come on. To start the definition of patriotic the first sentence says something about WalMart! You have got to be kidding. The acts of a true patriot hopefully are not measured by rollback prices.
2006-07-25 21:42:22 · answer #4 · answered by legal&sane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I a gree with you about Patriotism has little to do with politics. Patriotism is to support our people for the good of the nation. We all should not buy in stores that do not pay decent wages or salary to their employeer does matter their immigration status. Immigrant are people they have needs and bills to pay. The owner of these stores make money thanks to us, to the community, and they must pay decent salary to improve the poverty of that community the store is. In the case of walmart a better salary will improve the life of many of us. Do not Shop until their employer get decent wages and good benefits.
2006-07-25 21:55:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree with that.
I live in a medium-sized town...but Wal-Mart is the only place to shop for about 60 miles.
Shopping at Wal-Mart does not make me love my country less. Stupid people who claim to be patriots but spit in the face of the true patriots make me love my country less.
2006-07-25 21:41:02 · answer #6 · answered by Danielle K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neocons think blogging on there computers about Liberals is what is patriotic. They never consider signing up and fighting the wars they started, and cleaning up thier messes while making billions off of defense contracts.
2006-07-25 21:43:54 · answer #7 · answered by Rita B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you can be patriotic and believe the things you have written. I also think you can disagree with every one of them and still be patriotic. The point is that "patriotism" is not something any one group can corner the market on. It is nebulus, an idea, not a concrete.
2006-07-25 21:40:56 · answer #8 · answered by Who cares 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, for the most part... only what people consider to be "serious, tangible reasons" are never the same... everyone thinks that they have serious, tangible reasons for what they believe, when few actually do... in my opinion
2006-07-25 21:39:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Half of your words are meaningless and half are OK. They are just words and are defined as one pleases. As with definitions or interpretations. Go to back to school and learn. Live your live with more risk. You have to lose big in order to understand life.
2006-07-25 21:48:55 · answer #10 · answered by DGV 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋