Fake patriotism...
...or, are our only choices a bumper sticker or a lapel pin?
Ain't that the truth! I always thought the little flag lapels pin were worn by veterans. Of course that shows my pre-911 mindset. Apparently now the Right Wing Patriotism Gestapo has made this one piece of flare mandatory for anyone in the public eye.
I have a friend, and sometime reader, whose brother is a real piece of work. He had a bumper sticker with a flag that said something to the effect of, "Patriotic since 9/12/2001" Honesty stings sometimes. It is the same with the lapel pins and the yellow ribbon "magnets." If you have any of the above you are most likely a fake patriot and/or an asshole.
Where the fuck were you when I was laying in that god damned desert years ago? How dare you question my patriotism because I don't put flag sticker on my car or wear a flag pin. Maybe I'll get a bumper sticker made out of my DD Form 214 and put that on my car. Maybe I'll get a pin made out of my VA Disability Certification and wear it on my coat.
The people showing outrage over Senator Obama not wearing a lapel pin are Chickenhawk Cowards who don't know the difference between Patriotism and Jingoism.
"Show me a man wearing an American flag pin in his lapel, and I'll show you an asshole,"Bill Maher on his show's New Rules segment.
Ain't that the truth! I always thought the little flag lapels pin were worn by veterans. Of course that shows my pre-911 mindset. Apparently now the Right Wing Patriotism Gestapo has made this one piece of flare mandatory for anyone in the public eye.
I have a friend, and sometime reader, whose brother is a real piece of work. He had a bumper sticker with a flag that said something to the effect of, "Patriotic since 9/12/2001" Honesty stings sometimes. It is the same with the lapel pins and the yellow ribbon "magnets." If you have any of the above you are most likely a fake patriot and/or an asshole.
Where the fuck were you when I was laying in that god damned desert years ago? How dare you question my patriotism because I don't put flag sticker on my car or wear a flag pin. Maybe I'll get a bumper sticker made out of my DD Form 214 and put that on my car. Maybe I'll get a pin made out of my VA Disability Certification and wear it on my coat.
The people showing outrage over Senator Obama not wearing a lapel pin are Chickenhawk Cowards who don't know the difference between Patriotism and Jingoism.
posted by Cranky Yankee at 8:14 AM
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People are stupid and crazy.
"You know, the Nazis had pieces of flair that they made the Jews wear."
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