2007-02-05 03:17:19 · 10 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I am not sure what the highest form of patriotism really is, but I am totally sure that dissent is patriotic....
What better way to say that you love your country than to have the guts to stand up and try to make it better...to stand up and remind everyone of the ideals that the place was meant to stand for and how we are not living up to them......
It is much like a friendship or parenting situation (and yes...we are all parents of our government).....Yes, you unconditionally love them. But.....when they are mistaken, it is your absolute obligation to stand up and let them know......
When the government or anyone tells you that you are being unpatriotic by dissenting, they are the unpatriotic ones....Dissent is necessary....and what our FREEDOM is all about.
2007-02-05 03:32:43 · answer #1 · answered by Dave K 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It depends on how well reasoned the dissent is. The best way to describe people who would undermine this idea is that they are intellectual dwarfs. We don't want a rubberstamp society. That's how despots and corporations gain control of entire countries. Unfortunately, that seems to be what's happening in our own country today.
2007-02-05 11:25:31 · answer #2 · answered by MathBioMajor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dissent is not by definition patriotism. For example, we have a democratic / republic system of government. What if I want a dictatorship to govern us? I dissent with the common belief and hold my own, but my belief is not patriotic, it is against the American way.
2007-02-05 11:21:30 · answer #3 · answered by Pfo 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dissent is the highestform of patriotism. I'm sure he ones that say you're un-American if you don't support the president, didn't support Clinton through his hearings
2007-02-05 11:21:22 · answer #4 · answered by prettyinpink111488 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The only hope for the USA is some one equal to that of the Honorable EL GENERALISIMO Augusto Pinochet
2007-02-05 11:30:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually such people don't understand the difference between patriotism and nationalism. Patriotism is constructive, whereas nationalism is destructive.
2007-02-05 11:20:22 · answer #6 · answered by tangerine 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
We can describe them as fascists.
2007-02-05 11:22:49 · answer #7 · answered by Sun Spot 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We call them conservatives.
2007-02-05 11:28:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Simply because Thomas Jefferson and Payne said it. . . doesn't make it GOSPEL TRUTH .
Where did they stand on . . . . ABORTION
. . . . . . . .. . . . SLAVERY
. . . .. . . . . . . .Women's Sufferage ?
Where they right on those issues too ?
2007-02-05 11:22:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
How do you figure that???
2007-02-05 11:21:48 · answer #10 · answered by Centurion529 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋