We have every right to fight to preserve our nation, heritage and culture. When vandals like Tammy Duckworth and Ilhan Omar tell us that we’re not allowed to question their patriotism, as they scream about how horrible this country is, we have every right to laugh in their faces.
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Tammy Duckworth lost a fucking leg for your precious ‘murica, Tucker. You lost your dignity.
And hating America for funding/exporting tyranny globally is just awareness. Not something anyone expects you to have.
Vandals like Tammy Duckworth? You mean double amputee war hero Tammy Duckworth? Who lost her legs for your freedom and your guns? When has she ever bad mouthed this country?
Oh it's Tucker. He has this weird obsession with Duckworth and thinks she's not a real war veteran somehow.
Whenever a Democrat gets elected you can’t shut up about how awful a liberal America is and how it’s being ruined by education and civil rights. It was the entire campaign message of the freak befouling the White House, that America was a dump and a laughing stock but it would be made “great” again. But when one of yours gets elected saying America is anything less then perfect is suddenly treason, along with protests and the democratic process itself. From elected representatives being shouted down and saying they have no right to voice their opinions or the complaints of their constituents and told to leave if they don’t like it right down to the ability to vote itself.
Others have just pointed out that Tammy Duckworth gave years of her life and both of her legs in service to her her country. What have you given to your country, Tucker, other than a list of demands?
@shy #52973
There’s a difference between patriotism and nationalism. I consider myself a patriot to my country, believing in our values and hoping we live up to them. But I recognize we don’t always live up to the image we make for ourselves. There are social ills, injustices, and generally speaking always something to improve on in how we govern or administer services or simply to improve the quality of life and that when we deal with the rest of the world there will always be a certain amount of give and take and a compromise in our values i.e. commerce with China and similar countries we wag our fingers at for a poor human rights record. A nationalist conversely simply states that their country embodies their stated values regardless of action and to say otherwise is treason, that if there is social unrest it can only be the fault of those insufficiently dedicated to the country who must be ejected, that if the quality of somebody’s life is negatively impacted by policy that is their fault and they should be further punished for dragging the country down, and they believe everyone else should cater to their preferences at home and abroad including a one-sided application of international laws or adherence to treaties.
A patriot, I think, is someone who always works to improve their country. A nationalist is someone who doesn’t think that’s possible and instead works to preserve a superficial image and prevent any kind of change.
"...tell us that we’re not allowed to question their patriotism."
I never heard Duckworth say uou cannot question her patriotism. She's just pretty fucking up front about what she's going to offer as her evidence. What've YOU got?
@Chloe #52985
The right wing assholes like Tucker are trying to claim that anyone who doesn’t immediately shout down Black Lives Matter and “antifa” are vandals, using the time-tested conservative technique of pretending everyone you oppose is exactly the same. But when white males go nuts and murder people with a machine gun, Tucker wants everyone to remember that not all white men are like that!
He’s fixated on Tammy Duckworth because Tammy not only refused to denounce protesting as “rioters who hate America”, but she also said she would be willing to listen to their arguments, which in right wing land is a big NO-NO. To get arguments heard in right wing land, you either need a pile of money or a group of white male assholes with army camo and machine guns…
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