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Voicing Thoughts on Patriotism Good and Bad

Submitted by davidswanson on Mon, 2008-07-07 08:52.

By Bryan McKenzie, Charlottesville Daily Progress

It was an exciting weekend of patriotic fervor with a presidential appearance, minting of new citizens, protests and other fireworks.

The events and surrounding media hoopla, however, begged questions of what patriotism is and why it’s useful, so we sought answers in many different places. Here’s what we found: READ THE REST AND POST YOUR COMMENT.


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Here's a Good Take on This

Submitted by davidswanson on Mon, 2008-07-07 09:55.

http://tinyurl.com/5662d2


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Patriotism or Policies?

Submitted by javaguy on Mon, 2008-07-07 14:17.

"George McGovern might have been a Second World War veteran, but unlike his 1972 opponent Richard Nixon, he failed to wear a flag pin in his lapel and lost by a landslide. In 1988, the patriotism issue helped doom Michael Dukakis, as the Republicans seized on the fact that, as Governor of Massachusetts, he had opposed a measure making the pledge of allegiance obligatory in state classrooms."

Now I know why McGovern and Dukakis lost their respective elections, it was only due to not wearing a lapel pin and opposing the pledge. Silly me I thought it might have been about their proposed policies. I should have known better.


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