If Asked - Could You Provide A Definition Of What Constitutes A Patriot These Days In The U.S.A.?...

[global1]

Seems to me that there are conflicting definitions of what a patriot is these days. So I thought I'd ask that question here and see what we at DU are able to come up with as a definition of a 'patriot'. (and I don't mean a member of a sports team)

[PowerToThePeople]

1. I will defer to potus in regards to this issue

Here are your Patriots.

[leftstreet]

3. ...

[Capt. Obvious]

2. Sure could

[MohRokTah]

4. Based upon the current mainstream media approach to this question

Patriot:



Not patriot:

[grahamhgreen]

5. A person who defends our Constitution against all enemies,

foreign and domestic.

[safeinOhio]

6. These Days?

I dare not say the word.

[LonePirate]

7. A patriot supports the entire Constitution, not just parts of the 2nd and 10th amendments.

[n2doc]

8. MSM definition- A person who serves the 1% over all others n/t

[WinkyDink]

9. I should think it is eminently easy: One who supports and upholds the Constitution.

[Populist_Prole]

10. Moot: The word patriot has been thoroughly co-opted by the right wing

Much as I hate to give those mooks credit for anything, they have not only succeeded in moving the center to the right, and by extension, once apolitical terms to the right and made them their very own leaves of lettuce in their word salad.

As a result, I say the word belongs in the dustbin of history. Going forward, it should be regarded with humorous scoffing by us whenever it is uttered; much like when you hear wingnuts throw around words like "commie", "socialist", "freedom" and the like. They're just words that ballyhoo what inarticulate droolers they are, and I'm not playing their game.

[sabrina 1]

11. Torturers? Folks who were scared over 9/11 and tortured some people in their patriotic zeal? I

don't know, my view of what a patriot is, appears to be some kind of delusion. Someone who actually defends the US Constitution as required in the oaths taken by our military and elected officials, someone like Chelsea Manning who was foolish enough to believe that the oath she took was REAL, but what do I know?

[damnedifIknow]

12. Easy

A person who stands against wrong no matter the odds.