This is something I've been tossing around in my thoughts lately. Many of us feel that this country today has been mutilated beyond the point of recognition by the MSM, lobbyists, and anti-Constitution politicians. For the first time ever, I feel that flying Old Glory outside my home no longer carries the same meaning that it once did.
With that being said, here is the definition of patriot from Dictionary.com:
pa·tri·ot [pey-tree-uht, -ot or, esp. British, pa-tree-uht]
1. a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
2. a person who regards himself or herself as a defender, especially of individual rights, against presumed interference by the federal government.
Given that our country has been poisoned by a socialist agenda to attack self-sufficiency, privacy, and freedom, what is one actually defending as a patriot today?
I feel that most of us fall directly under the second definition given above.
If a country is defined by its people, its government, or any combination thereof, then I would have a hard time labeling myself a Patriot as the first definition applies. When the government has turned against its people, and the people have turned against themselves, what is left to defend aside from a set of ideals? Are those ideals still represented in whole or part by our Flag?
Mine is still flying. Is yours?
With that being said, here is the definition of patriot from Dictionary.com:
pa·tri·ot [pey-tree-uht, -ot or, esp. British, pa-tree-uht]
1. a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
2. a person who regards himself or herself as a defender, especially of individual rights, against presumed interference by the federal government.
Given that our country has been poisoned by a socialist agenda to attack self-sufficiency, privacy, and freedom, what is one actually defending as a patriot today?
I feel that most of us fall directly under the second definition given above.
If a country is defined by its people, its government, or any combination thereof, then I would have a hard time labeling myself a Patriot as the first definition applies. When the government has turned against its people, and the people have turned against themselves, what is left to defend aside from a set of ideals? Are those ideals still represented in whole or part by our Flag?
Mine is still flying. Is yours?