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Posted 19 Aug 2005 in George W. Bush, Iraq, liberals, military, patriotism, stupidity, war

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Reuters – Thu Aug 18, 3:26 AM ET
A protestor is seen on the ground at a candlelight vigil in the north Hollywood area of Los Angeles, August 17, 2005. Anti-war protestors held candles, sang, and chanted in vigils across the country on Wednesday in support of Cindy Sheehan, who has camped out near President George W. Bush’s ranch to urge him to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq, where her son was killed a year ago. Sheehan has become a magnet for anti-war protesters who have crowded around her since her vigil began August 6 in Crawford, a community of 705 people, where Bush is on a month-long vacation. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Protesters in Hollywood. OK, I get that, we’re all used to the loonies on the Left coast protesting whatever is the flavor of the week. But check out the sign. Instead of the typical crapola like “no blood for oil” or “no justice, no peace”, we’re treated to a new example of moonbat oxymoron logic.

“Dissent is patriotic”

*boggleboggleboggle*

Huh? Waitaminit. Lemme see if I understand. They’re saying that their protests of the war and their calls for the impeachment of President Bush are patriotic?

Let’s take a look at that.

Patriotic:
The American Heritage Dictionary describes it as:

Feeling, expressing, or inspired by love for one’s country.

It describes the word patriot as:

One who loves, supports, and defends one’s country.

The Wikipedia puts patriotism this way…

Patriotism denotes positive attitudes by a person to their own nation, to its national homeland, its culture, its members, and to its interests. The word is derived from the Latin patria, fatherland, which has a much broader meaning than a geographical territory. (emphasis added)

So how, please someone tell me how, does the idiotic sign shown above make any sense? Dissent is patriotic?

No. Dissent is the right of every American.

But what these liberals are doing is FAR from patriotic. If you believe the war is illegal, bring your evidence to the attention of your elected representatives. Make the system work for you. These people, however, take to the streets as their FIRST resort.

Protest is rarely, if ever, something patriotic. Typically a demonstration is AGAINST something, and rarely is the alternative solution held up as an example. Most of the time, it’s just dunderheads walking around with signs and chanting slogans. Those folks aren’t patriots. The vast majority of them are sheep.

Casey Sheehan signed up for the military in 2000 and re-enlisted in 2004, after the war had started. THAT was patriotic. He knew the danger, he knew what was going on, and still believed in it strongly enough to volunteer his own life to support it.

His mother dishonors him with her words and actions. She’s a mother, in tremendous pain at the loss of her child, who is allowing her pain to override her intellect. Unfortunately, the Left has glommed on to her and made her their spokesperson. That’s not patriotism either. Their motives don’t include love of country, it simply includes hatred of Republicans, conservatives, and especially George W. Bush. To them, Cindy Sheehan is simply an irrefutable mouthpiece for their views, her son’s death providing her with “absolute moral authority”, according to columnist Maureen Dowd.

Some of Cindy Sheehan’s pearls of wisdom, (no doubt fed by the anti-American crowd):

“America has been killing people on this continent since it was started”
“the killing has gone on unabated for over 200 years.”
She says that without the Internet, America would be a “fascist state.”
Sheehan calls President Bush “that filth-spewer and warmonger.”
She calls the U.S. government a “morally repugnant system”
And she even says, “This country is not worth dying for.”

You don’t have to love Bush to love America. But words like these don’t show of love for this country, either.

So don’t call it patriotism. Dolts.

Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT

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