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Originally Posted by Rachel Bronwyn
I take real issue with the notion being patriotic is supporting your president. Being patriotic is doing what's right for your country. Encouraging any of Bush's policies over the last... seven years was not, in my opinion, patriotic.
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Funny thing, that. Some of us would have supported it even if it wasn't "patriotic". I'm thankful I live in a country where the people who think they know how things out to be run with little to no experience leading anything generally don't have the power to force their will on the rest of us.
There is a huge difference between supporting and being a sycophant. You can disagree with his actions all you want, but if your idea of "doing what's right" is to sit around all day calling your leader an idiot because of a southern accent and a few quotes sent around on blogs and email, half of which weren't even from him, then yes, that's where I would support him. When you complain "Oh my, he agrees with his party on hotbutton political issues, how horrible!", that's where I would support him. When he's being attacked for standing for all the things Europe, China and other nations hate about the US, that's where I would support him. And yes, when he makes a hard decision that the nation is divided on, then I sure as hell would support him.
We're not talking about unethical decisions. We're talking about things that you don't like because it doesn't suit your partisan viewpoint. Debate the action, press for change, press your agenda, but don't attack the President for simply disagreeing with you. That's not patriotic, unpatriotic or anything else but childish.