Comment on Red, White and Blue

hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• NewNewAccount@lemmy.world ⁨56⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  I’m patriotic in the sense that I want what is best for my countrymen. I want that to be done in a manner where both me and my country are ethical and productive members of our global society.

  This has nothing to do with blind, religious-like devotion.

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• sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wanting to improve your society is a form of patriotism.

  America are the one who have convinced everyone it’s the opposite

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  • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah it’s so fucking backwards. I should be considered a patriot. I want Americans to have access to Healthcare and education. I want Americans to thrive and do great things. But no… Apparently the definition of patriotism over here is “I don’t care about other people, I only care about me, and also, kill brown people in other countries”

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    • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It could have been different. We’re in the wrong timeline

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  • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    patriotism /pā′trē-ə-tĭz″əm/ noun

    Love of and devotion to one’s country.

    Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one’s country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one’s country.

    Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one’s compatriots; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one’s country.

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    • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Improving your country IS serving it. Non Americans do it all the time, the act just isn’t associated with the word because the US has a media industry built to hijack the meaning of things. Don’t make me start talking all pro-social and hope pilled, I’m not that guy anymore.

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      • FlexibleToast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Exactly. That’s kind of the difference between being patriotic and nationalistic.

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• Gates9@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “Nationalism is an infantile disease, it is the measles of mankind.”

  That being said, a lot of “normies” use patriotism as a stand-in for a certain set of beliefs that they believe their nation represents.

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  my dude, why do you not love where you live? are you not connected to it?

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• SirSamuel@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why in the fuck are we praising patriotism here?

  Because it’s a shitpost? We’re not on .ml, and this isn’t a politics thread.

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