RE: What do foreigners think of America's cult like Patriotism?
March 22, 2018 at 8:05 pm
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2018 at 8:10 pm by Whateverist.)
I never understood patriotism. I'm with the big shrimp on all his points. Be critical in all things. I mean I loved my mother but I don't think she is the best, most exceptional mother in the world. When I was really young (2nd grade) I thought an atheist was just an ingrate, someone I'd look at the same way Mooney does a flag burner. I kind of like my little college town home city, but I'm very critical of it as well. I can list what is good about living here but also tell you about how the city government is notorious for caring more about which city to become sisters with in each country than it is with maintaining the roads. Idealism is off charts but practicality suffers.
As an aside my wife probably feels the way I do most of the time. But when we were in Paris one summer and in an intensive language class most mornings she really got riled up when her teacher (who happened to be in to film making) would bash Hollywood. Weird because we bash aspects of Hollywood all the time. But she obviously too offense at hearing from an 'outsider'. If I had been in the smart class with her, I'd have copped to the criticisms I agreed with and put out points that contradicted some of the teachers statements. But I wouldn't have taken it to heart like that.
As an aside my wife probably feels the way I do most of the time. But when we were in Paris one summer and in an intensive language class most mornings she really got riled up when her teacher (who happened to be in to film making) would bash Hollywood. Weird because we bash aspects of Hollywood all the time. But she obviously too offense at hearing from an 'outsider'. If I had been in the smart class with her, I'd have copped to the criticisms I agreed with and put out points that contradicted some of the teachers statements. But I wouldn't have taken it to heart like that.
