Hey, it's great that people are being demonstrative in their pride for our country these days. I'm all for it. Isn't it a bit strange, though, that all this is coming after nearly a decade of non-stop screeds about phony patriotism, the horrors of wearing flag pins, hand-wringing about our stupidity/arrogance/ignorance/fear/excessive consumption, snide books about American history by the writers of The Daily Show, and lolz-inducing forwards of "Jesusland" maps?
Is outward demonstration of patriotism only acceptable when your guy is in charge?
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In a word... "yes"
I couldn't help but notice that Obama was wearing the flag pin on his lapel yesterday at the coronation. Hmm. A year ago, he had this to say about wearing a flag pin lapel. "The truth is that right after 9/11 I had a pin," Obama said. "Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we're talking about the Iraq war, that became a substitute for I think true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security."
Now there's some hope and change.
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