Got Flag?

[Joeve]

In the days after 9/11, we've been told that there is a great resurgence in "patriotism", and apparently we liberals just don't get it. Why don't we support the troops? Why don't we get behind the War On Terror^TM?

Corporatists and their apologists view everything in terms of the market, and patriotism is just another product to be sold, right there on the shelf alongside religion and the military. For them it's about making a profit, nothing else. For their followers, buying the product relieves them of the responsibilities of citizenship. Wave a flag, sing a song, chant a slogan, that's all you have to do. Nothing could be easier! And that's just fine with many Americans. Being a patriot, then, means never having to be a citizen.

We liberals outgrew that a long time ago. We know what patriotism means, and we're not buying what they're selling. And that scares them.

(via Digby)

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[getmeouttahere]

1. I don't know if it scares them....

but you are right on point, Joeve. We've got to be the only country in the world that can be blindly jingoistic enough to be sold this bill of goods.

[YOY]

2. You mean we're not "less American" because

we refuse to wear jogging suits that look like the flag while spouting hate and idiocy at the top of our lungs???

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

eg: Fred Phelps http://www.godhatesfags.com/featured/20050707_subway-bomb.html

Who would have thought of it before...?

[acmejack]

3. Lockheed Martin reported 56% PROFIT in the second quarter!

Whats Lockheed Martin ? Just . War is good business if you're in the right business!

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/cgi-bin/news/newsbrief.plx?id=2244774228&fa=1