Archive for 'patriotism' Category
Don’t go there!
To Great Britain I mean. Attend… When you block people from coming to your country because you’re afraid they might say something you don’t like; and you justify it by telling everyone that this individual utters hate-speech and provokes people to violence… Well, you’ve just kissed your democracy goodbye. And as a consequence of such [...]
Democracy’s vulnerable underside
Democracy… The will of the people; government by the free; where elected officials serve at our pleasure; where our vote matters. And I once read that Democracies are destroyed from principalities and forces within, seldom from such forces without. Attend. In California, voters have passed a proposition, banning gay marriage twice. The first attempt, Proposition [...]
The day after…
Yesterday, I said today was all about supporting the winner; About first and foremost being loyal and patriotic Americans and embracing the new President-Elect, Barack Obama. I know – it seems a daunting task, made far worse by the smug, happy faces of the winners and their supporters. In days to come, we’ll no doubt [...]