Why in the fuck are we praising patriotism here? It’s literally just religious-like devotion to a nation state, and basically result of nationalism
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Submitted 2 weeks ago by MTZ@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Wanting to improve your society is a form of patriotism.
America are the one who have convinced everyone it’s the opposite
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks 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.
MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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”
NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.
Gates9@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks 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.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
my dude, why do you not love where you live? are you not connected to it?
SirSamuel@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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.
TheGiantKorean@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I’m glad he won this case, but he’s also a transphobe.
WandowsVista@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
for everyone in this thread defending Afroman, saying that one picture with Trump was just a photo-op during his presidential run and doesn’t reflect his values, I’d urge you to read this article about a song he really wanted to sing at Trump rallies.
Afroman Explains His New Song: Hunter Got High
I think the takeaway here is that while he may not be a full blown facist, he’s willing to align with them to make a buck, which is kinda the main issue with the US gov right now.
BigDiction@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Oh come on. There’s literally a joke quote in the article that he’ll rev share the song if Hunter Biden wanted to sue Afroman for defamation.
The insinuation that Afroman is even partially a fascist who wants to control other people’s behavior is ridiculous. Stop fucking up a good thing with this nonsense.
WandowsVista@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
as I said, while he may not be a facist, he’s okay with accepting their money, which is also bad.
it’s also telling that he said he’s willing to “poke fun at both sides” but has, to my knowledge, yet to release anything poking fun at the alt right.
complicity isn’t compliance, but it sure is a bad look and a good reason not to support this nonsense.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He cozied up to Trump apparently fyi.
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
source?
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Afroman Meets Donald Trump at the National Libertarian Convention | The American Beat | theamericanbeat.com share.google/W8MhULMyPgTHikKAW
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“Fuck the police” is literally why America was founded.
Godnroc@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Disregard the establishment, surely; It was some time ago.
SirSamuel@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Fyi Afroman may be a Trump supporter.
x0x7@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
All presidents are evil. Bill Clinton embargoed Iraq to shift the news cycle off of his blowjob, and it killed a million children who had dependence on imported medical supplies.
Trump isn’t special.
tresspass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Cant we all just agree to hate cops and move on?
Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This thread is my daily reminder that Lemmy is an online echo chamber that’s completely out of touch
Paulemeister@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Care to explain?
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I have no idea who that guy is, I’ve never heard his music (which I’m betting sucks), but I just saw a recent photo of him and the Pedophile Traitor-in-Chief, both with big stupid grins, so FUCK this MAGA Traitor Pedophile.
Okay, so I just went and listened to his music, and I was right, it SUCKS even worse than I expected. What’s wrong with people? Why would anyone reward that awful, amateurish excuse for music with listens?
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Do not spread misinformation. He ran for president at the same time as Trump, and they took one picture together. He even directly said “I do not support Trump” after taking that picture.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Regarding Trump, Afroman told Newsweek in 2024 that he wanted to perform a Hunter Biden–themed parody of his hit song “Because I Got High,” with lyrics altered to mock the former president’s son’s drug use and legal controversies, at Trump rallies in the lead-up to the presidential election. Afroman later posted a photo of himself shaking hands with Trump at the Libertarian National Convention and wrote that they laughed together at the fact that they both were raided by police and had “a lot in common”
motherjones.com/…/afroman-defamation-trial-sherif…
Close enough.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He tried not to hang with assholes, but then he got high.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
He has some famous weed related songs. His music is meant to be light and funny. It was really popular when I was in highschool and me and all my friends smoked a lot of pot and drove around doing nothing.
altphoto@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I watched his questioning. He was fucking awesome!
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Actually this is a rare instance where the guy plastered with flags is actually the patriot
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
psst…he likes Trump.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
apparently he talked with Trump about legalization. he explicitly said “don’t take that photo as support” and will probably use it as an “i was on stage with Trump 'cause I got high” lyric in his song because honestly, it would explain a lot.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Oh :( Seems the exception confirmed the rule
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
First guy looks like he’s sniffing a part of undies.
plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Isn’t it actually against the law/constitution to wear the flag as clothes?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
It’s against flag code, which is not law. It’s just a set of guidelines.
FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No. It’s against flag code, but there is no real law or enforcement of the flag code. If you do break it, I will immediately assume you are not a patriot and instead you are a nationalist because you didn’t take the ~5 minutes to look up the flag code.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I will only assume you have no taste, because it’s just a flag and I don’t care. But that looks horrible.
seathru@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Not since.lime 1970s
hesh@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
I think its against the flag code to wear an actual flag as clothes. Not to wear clothes that look like a flag.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The flag itself, but not clothes designed to look like the flag.
IOW: if you’re caught in a sitcom type situation where you lock yourself outside of your house and the only thing you have available to cover your fetus production apparatus is the stars and stripes you fly on your front porch because you’re a jingoistic weirdo, you’re going to be breaking the law one way or the other.
Conversely, the above fashion crime is as legal as brandishing military equipment while shopping in some of the more backwards parts of the country.
sulfidedisburseangledafternoontipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Flag code is advisory and != law. If you’re naked and wrap them bits in the flag, no laws are broken.
silver@das-eck.haus 2 weeks ago
No? Maybe like military flag code
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
For a european, running a political party as afro-man seems as good as white-man or mexican-man or china-man.
WTF usa, get your shit together.
roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Go sit in the corner until you’ve learned not to comment on something you’re totally ignorant about.
sartalon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Damn, this is Valmond’s second post I’ve seen today that he just completely talks out of his ass.
His other post got a bunch of upvotes, so I guess it is working for him. :/
db2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Fuck anyone who dances for Trump, including Afroman. I’m glad he won, it was the only correct outcome, but he can fuck off.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What makes you think he does?
db2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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