found through stand down, war veterans gather to stop a new war:
What distinguished this meeting from a typical non-veteran peace gathering was addressed eloquently by Marine combat veteran Jaime Vazquez when he answered his own question: what is patriotism? �I love my country. And the love of country is expressed as a willingness to stand up to and to resist your government. Patriotism is not blindly following the men of war, but resisting them.� [article]
I have had people tell me that my anti-war views and inability to just support our president blindly amounted to a lack of patriotism.
Maybe I’m missing something, but isn’t the right to voice dissent one of the principals this country was founded on?
lot of that going around stacey, and yes, you’re right, patriotism is not blind following.
Right on, Stacey. Well said.
Stacey, you’re not missing anything. I completely agree with you and so do many people. Thanks for the great link, KD!
“He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.”
One among many items of dissent in the original.