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2007-02-26 15:47:14 · 21 answers · asked by imcming 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
the definition means loyalty to your Country...NOT your party.
2007-02-26 15:52:41 · answer #1 · answered by dstr 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
That depends on who or what your loyal to. If you help the enemy in a time of war, that is freedom of speech not patriotism.
If your loyal to the country, and that country is at war, and you sensationalize, or exaggerate the losses of the country, with no account of the enemies loss then, you are not a patriot.
Patriotism is not about or equal to blind loyalty. Patriotism is about fighting for what you believe, Risking your very life on the line for that belief, and to be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for that belief, and love of country.
Frankly I am a little sick and tired of politicians using and cheapening the term - case in point Pelosi is not a Patriot.
2007-02-26 16:01:45 · answer #2 · answered by impalersca 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No Patriotism is supporting our soldiers, but at the same time you can disagree with the governments reason for taking us to war. That is what makes us a Democracy. It was the people who stopped the Viet Nam War not the Politicians. You always want to remember big business gets rich off of war at the price of losing our young soldiers.Big Business is who donates the majority of the money to get these crooked politicians get reelected.
2007-02-26 15:58:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Patriotism equates to logic and deductible reasoning with intelligence. Blind loyalty; in itself is brutal with all sorts of flaws. Always question authority; its called keeping it real.
2007-02-26 15:59:32 · answer #4 · answered by Swordfish 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
patriotism is the opposite of blind loyalty
2007-02-26 15:56:37 · answer #5 · answered by Duffman 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, it is the exact opposite!!! There is nothing patriotic about blind loyalty, especially to a tyrannical regime!!!!
2007-02-26 17:19:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No..... blind loyalty is NOT patriotism. Loyalty is patriotic, but not done blindly.
2007-02-26 15:52:10 · answer #7 · answered by truth seeker 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
No, unless you are a neocon.
"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else"
- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
2007-02-26 15:52:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Not at all Patriotism is being willing to put the good of your country over your own good.
2007-02-26 15:57:07 · answer #9 · answered by Ethan M 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep, it's the willingness to kill and be killed for things you don't understand to any degree whatsoever. Oh gee, I'm so glad we promote it as a good thing to our children. Hail the third reich!
2007-02-27 16:07:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋