Why you can't win with RWnuts | 34 comments (34 topical, 1 hidden)
RW-Is NOT Patriotic (5.00 / 3)
they are nationalistic. There is a BIG difference, Patriots love their counrty, but are not blind to its faults and failures. Cheerleading while we invaded a country that was zero threat to us, was not Patriotic, it was stupid. The true Patriots in the country knew it then and know it now.

Hitler gained power with the exact same ideas, WE are the master race, WE are better than (insert the race, religion, or nation you wish to villify/attack/propagandise against here). Hi tler had Jews, the right wing has Muslims.

And who said the left was anti-military, oh wait thats right, or "the right" I should say. I have nothing against the military, I just don't think we should use it as our primary foreign policy instrument. Obama has done a fantastic job of reversing that bush policy with pretty great results. I'm glad we have sent more troops to Afghanistan, bush never should have pulled them out for the illigitamate Iraq invasion, the country wouldn't be the mess it is now. 

None of this matters to the wing-nuts though, they will continue to live inside their paraniod fantasies regardless of reality.

by The IDGE on 07/06/2009 12:57:31 PM EST

Something I read (5.00 / 3)

Your first paragraph reminded me of something I read in one of Al Franken's books that I thought was spot on.   He said that many conservatives seem to love their country in the way that a 5-year-old loves its mother.   They won't tolerate criticism of it (Don't call my mommy names!) and won't take into consideration or even care whether there is validity behind complaints against it.  

A better way to look at is with a more mature kind of love, where you want to see it learn and grow and improve, yet you try to prod it into abandoning destructive practices, to help it become a better, happier, healthier citizen of the world.

It's a bit of an over-generalization but there's a kernel of truth to it.

by bfaul on 07/06/2009 02:32:02 PM EST

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