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Originally Posted by YaWhateva
A patriot is not someone who blindly follows orders, who can't think for himself, and who spouts out ridiculous shit like "The Angry American". No, a patriot is someone who thinks for themselves, fights oppression, and fights for the rights of his country. The Framers of the United States should be stirring in their graves at being put on the same level as Toby Keith.
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Tell that to Maines of the Chicks who said, “The entire country may disagree with me, but I don’t understand the necessity for patriotism ... Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country… I don’t see why people care about patriotism.”
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"I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence." - Mahatma Ghandi
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