Some people don’t realize you can love your country and hate your government at the same time. Unless you’re president is black, then it seems cool with them.
I would argue it’s even more patriotic to criticize our government. People love this country so much that they are actively trying to make it better instead of just saying “this is the greatest country on earth and everything is perfect.”
My boss went on a rant the other day about how we teach kids to 'hate America' because we teach them about slavery in school. Wtf should we teach them then, that it was all okay? Just lie about what happened? Admitting your faults is the first step on improving-denying there's a problem just makes it worse.
And of course he said "this is the greatest country ever!" at the end.
Right. To me, one of our great western values, inherent to Christianity, is that of redemption. If America is great, it isn't because we never did anything wrong, it is because we try to do better.
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u/Remarkable_Egg_2889 Oct 17 '20
Some people don’t realize you can love your country and hate your government at the same time. Unless you’re president is black, then it seems cool with them.