But Don’t Question Their Patriotism

pa•tri•ot•ism  [pey-tree-uh-tiz-uhm] – noun ...

devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty

trea•son  [tree-zuhn] – noun ...

a violation of allegiance to one’s sovereign or to one’s state.

The Democrats keep telling Republicans they can’t question their patriotism. And there’s only one reason why: So that they can be as unpatriotic as they want while deflecting any criticism for it. Pretty clever.

Well, who the hell are they? I can say whatever I want. It never stopped them. After all, I’m neither a politician nor a public figure and therefore under no obligation to sugarcoat my opinions lest I jeopardize voter support. So here goes:

The Democrats are packed with folks who are unpatriotic, even flat out treasonous.

There, I said it. But more importantly, I can back up my charge.

Now, before anyone starts excoriating me for hurling names gratuitously, let me explain what I view as patriotic or not:

 

Criticizing a legitimate flaw of the  U.S. is not unpatriotic.

Trashing the U.S. or the American people in front of a foreign audience in England, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, China, or any other place around the world is unpatriotic.

 

Criticizing the U.S. while standing beneath the American flag is not unpatriotic.

Stepping on, setting fire to, sh*tting on, hanging upside-down, or dragging the American flag is unpatriotic.

 

Writing news articles or making movies that address a legitimate flaw of the U.S. is not unpatriotic.

Writing news articles or making movies that incorrectly and unfairly paint the U.S. in a negative light is unpatriotic.

 

Endorsing U.N. policies or international treaties that maintain the U.S. as a cooperative member of the world community is not unpatriotic.

Endorsing U.N. policies or international treaties that penalize the U.S. or undermine its security or sovereignty is unpatriotic.

 

Calling President Bush an idiot, a moron, or even the country’s worst president is not unpatriotic.

Calling President Bush the world’s worst terrorist, equating him with Adolf Hitler, or considering him worse than Saddam Hussein is unpatriotic.

 

Lamenting that President Bush is not candidate you voted for is not unpatriotic.

Declaring publicly or holding signs on foreign soil lamenting that President Bush is not the candidate you voted for is unpatriotic.

 

Questioning President Bush’s Iraq reasons for going to war in Iraq altogether is not unpatriotic.

Accusing President Bush of going to war for oil, for capitalist imperialism, to make money for his buddies at Halliburton, to avenge his “daddy,” or because Jesus told him to is unpatriotic.

 

Calling the Iraq War a huge tactical, strategic, or foreign policy blunder by President Bush is not unpatriotic.

Accusing President Bush of sending children to Iraq to get their heads blown off for his own personal amusement is unpatriotic.

 

Calling our troops misguided or even stupid for deciding to go to Iraq is not unpatriotic.

Calling our troops ignorant and uneducated losers or cold-blooded murderers, or likening them to Nazis, Soviets at gulags, or thugs under Pol Pot is unpatriotic.

 

Expressing legitimate concern for the welfare of innocent civilians in enemy countries is not unpatriotic.

Rooting for our enemies’ triumph over the U.S. or providing them legal counsel against the U.S. is unpatriotic.

 

Let me reiterate that my intention is not to call people unpatriotic or traitors just for the sake of it; that would be malicious and unproductive. Rather, I am compelled to hold these people accountable for their actions because they compromise the welfare of American soldiers as well as jeopardize the lives of me, my wife and child, and the whole country. And that behavior is inexcusable.

There are too many traitors among us—and they seem to be all on the left, and even prominent members of the Democratic Party.

 

Stay tuned for more, lots more.