65% conservatives 'proud to be American,' just 37% liberals agree

[Irish]

The buddies of you and Annatta/Noise lecgtured me that I wasn't a patriot unless I supported invading Iraq.

That is exactly why I, and probably many others, reject your use and your definition of the word patriotism.

Being patriotic has nothing to do with the Iraq war. Why don't you and the other libs just admit you hate this country.

[tinfoil]

Without a leader to strum the strings of the uber patriots, they're mostly harmless. Trump has been playing that pretty good. What's scary is that we're used to seeing it done by people who are using it to go to war. Trump, IMO, is simply doing because it's an easy path to his favorite thing... Adoration for Trump. He probably wants nothing more than to be thought of as " the most patriotic president ever!". Only one way to do that... Play the patriot card every hand

[Althea]

Any sense of patriotism or love for my country instantly evaporated as soon as it allowed a Nazi to become its leader.

Take solace in knowing that an overwhelming majority did not want that moron in the White House. Nor do they now

[Althea]

Here is your nationalism.

These are Trump-worshipping white nationalists.
These are your political allies,
Your allies here on this board minimized, excused, or rationalized the behavior of Trump-loving white nationalists,
Trump himself implicitly and tacitly encourages white nationalism, islamophobia, and xenophobia.

Are those the 'fine people'?

[Althea]

"Not patriotic" was one of the milder terms. "Traitor who should be shot" was more common.

This might surprise you, but Annoise was a Clinton supporter who spoke out against the Iraq mess at the outset.

[katzgar]

racism had nothing to do with anything -especially Obama's foreign policy..

Bulshit anybody with a brain can understand that the reason Trump went bitrther was to appeal to you racist guys

[Althea]

Without a leader to strum the strings of the uber patriots, they're mostly harmless. Trump has been playing that pretty good. What's scary is that we're used to seeing it done by people who are using it to go to war. Trump, IMO, is simply doing because it's an easy path to his favorite thing... Adoration for Trump. He probably wants nothing more than to be thought of as " the most patriotic president ever!". Only one way to do that... Play the patriot card every hand

Probably right. His overwhelming driving force is accolades.

Which is why he's so easily played like a puppet by Putin.

"No Puppet"! 'You're a puppet!!!'. That one never gets old.

[christiefan915]

Being patriotic has nothing to do with the Iraq war. Why don't you and the other libs just admit you hate this country.

^ This is the kind of simplistic comment that makes it so hard to talk with cons.

Why can't you and the other cons admit that there's a difference between hating the country and hating the man who's now running the country?

[Phantasmal]

This might surprise you, but Annoise was a Clinton supporter who spoke out against the Iraq mess at the outset.

That doesn’t surprise me, it shocks me, was it Libya that changed his tune?

[Jarod]

Funny how conservatives voted for a guy who's own campaign slogan suggests that America is not great.

[domer76]

The nation is deeply divided over patriotism, what it means to be an “American,” and even what businesses are pro-U.S., according to a new national survey.

The comprehensive poll released Friday found the biggest split yet between liberals and conservatives over how they view the U.S. — and even if they want to stay in America. For example, nearly 20 percent of liberals want to live in another country, while only 5 percent of conservatives agree.

And 65 percent of conservatives said that they are “proud to be Americans,” but just 37 percent of liberals agree.

The country, said poll sponsor Anne Sorock, executive director, Ear to the Ground Listening Project, “is fractured.”

The survey and report, titled The Tale of Two Patriotisms, found that most feel patriotism is in decline in America, though far more conservative than liberals agreed.



nd the political opposites couldn’t agree on what groups or businesses are patriotic. For example, liberals cited the Democratic Party, the NFL and Planned Parenthood as patriots. Conservatives cited the NRA, Hobby Lobby and Chick-Fil-A.

Even President Trump’s iconic “Make America Great Again” red hat is controversial, with only 22 percent saying they would feel safe wearing it.

From the report:

65% of conservatives say is it “completely accurate” to say they are proud to be American; 37% of liberals feel the same way.
18% of liberals would prefer to live in another country, compared to 5% of conservatives.
Overall, Freedom of speech was considered the most meaningful of the components of patriotism tested, with nearly nine out of ten adults (87%) saying it was very meaningful to them, personally.
Liberals were 20 points less likely to consider citizenship personally very meaningful and 27 points less likely to assign high value to the right to bear arms.
Liberals were even less likely to attach meaning to the American flag (30 points less), the pledge of allegiance (33 points lower), the national anthem (36 points lower), and the Bible (38 points lower).
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sp...rticle/2643620

I love it!

A survey by the American Culture & Faith Institute. Did you look at the survey itself? A JOKE.

In their graph, the couldn't eve get the name of the Democratic Party correct. Priceless!

[domer76]

The Washington Examiner is a conservative rag that should have asked the question of independents, dishonest poll

And the survey itself by the American Culture & Faith Institute is a pathetic joke.

[dukkha]

That doesn’t surprise me, it shocks me, was it Libya that changed his tune?

NATO bombing civilians /destroying a country / while assassinating it's leader and devolving the whole mess into a terrorist state/ bloody civil war will do that.

Or it least it should. Democrats seem not to be bothered with that of course.

[dukkha]

I love it!

A survey by the American Culture & Faith Institute. Did you look at the survey itself? A JOKE.

In their graph, the couldn't eve get the name of the Democratic Party correct. Priceless!

it's for conversation..something to talk about besides a corrupt FBI

[dukkha]

Here is your nationalism.

These are Trump-worshipping white nationalists.
These are your political allies,
Your allies here on this board minimized, excused, or rationalized the behavior of Trump-loving white nationalists,
Trump himself implicitly and tacitly encourages white nationalism, islamophobia, and xenophobia.

FFS sake. Nazis have no political power.
It's an excuse to turn legitimate economic nationalism ( again PRACTICED WORLDWIDE) into a conflation of a bunch of losers.