2006-09-14 12:30:13 · 16 answers · asked by legionmober 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Only if the war is just! If it is not, then it is your patriotic duty to not support your country and to try to stop the midless bloodshed.
2006-09-14 13:02:55 · answer #1 · answered by kemchan2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patriotism is nothing to do with the country but the people (La patria) Patriotism is supporting them even if it means opposing the state. IOf course though this is the true view based on the correct defination of patriotist the state wil chose there own definition if it suits there ends better.
2006-09-14 12:57:36 · answer #2 · answered by malcy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it can be but if it's an unnecessary war such as these now, patriotism can be supporting other things that are right for this country. even if it is against the bush administration
2006-09-14 13:43:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patriotism is supporting your country, at all times. Specifically, supporting the core values and essential principles of the country.
In the US, that means supporting the Constitution. That is why military officers and legal officers and elected officials are required to swear an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Patriotism is supporting your country. It doesn't require being stupid, and it doesn't require blindly following elected leaders who are being stupid. And it prohibits blindly following elected leaders who committing criminal violations of the Constitution.
Because anyone who betrays and subverts the Constitution is being an enemy of the country, whether foreign or domestic.
2006-09-14 12:43:01 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Patriotism is always supporting
2006-09-17 09:53:37 · answer #5 · answered by Keith W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, it's supporting your country ALL the time, not just during a war.
2006-09-14 12:33:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
To me patriotism is standing up for your constitutional rights and loving your country because you have that.
2006-09-14 12:36:04 · answer #7 · answered by To Be 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Samuel Johnson (1709–84).
“But there is something even worse: it is the first, last, and middle range of fools." H. L. Mencken (November 7, 1926).
2006-09-14 12:43:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Patriotism - nationalism, flag-waving, allegiance, loyalty, jingoism, chauvinism
"A lively sense of collective responsibility." - Richard Aldington
"The passion of fools and the most foolish of passions." - George Sabtayana
"That pernicious sentiment 'Our country right or wrong' " - James Russell Lowell
2006-09-14 12:38:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
love of and devotion for ones country,,, patriotism means standing up to morally objectionable, and destructive power..... thank God,,, we still live in a democracy in the US of A,,,,
2006-09-14 12:50:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋