Liberals: Hey maybe we aren't as patriotic as Republicans after all

January 10, 5:35 PMDC Republican ExaminerBill Dupray

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Bookmark this page for whenever you question a liberal's patriotism and he howls like like a scorched monkey. In an L.A. Times op-ed, Joel Stein leaks some Liberal state secrets.

I don't love America. That's what conservatives are always telling liberals like me. Their love, they insist, is truer, deeper and more complete. Then liberals, like all people who are accused of not loving something, stammer, get defensive and try to have sex with America even though America will then accuse us of wanting it for its body and not its soul. When America gets like that, there's no winning.

But I've come to believe conservatives are right. They do love America more. Sure, we liberals claim that our love is deeper because we seek to improve the United States by pointing out its flaws. But calling your wife fat isn't love. True love is the blind belief that your child is the smartest, cutest, most charming person in the world, one you would gladly die for. I'm more in "like" with my country.

Here he gets close to an intellectual understanding of Conservatives' love of country, but he lacks the visceral, instinctual bond that is true patriotism.

Conservatives feel personally blessed to have been born in the only country worth living in. I, on the other hand, just feel lucky to have grown up in a wealthy democracy. . . .

When I ran the idea that liberals don't love America as much as conservatives by talk-show host Glenn Beck, . . . he totally agreed with me, which is precisely why I called him. "It's absolutely true, deep love. As a parent loves a child," he said. "But I think liberals laugh that off . . .

A parent would walk through fire to protect a child. Your neighbor calls 911. The Libs are the neighbors.

Liberals who feel lucky to have been born in some generic "wealthy democracy" clearly have no understanding of the things that distinguish our country from all others. Our freedom is unique in human history. Our capitalist (v. socialist) economy is the engine that allows us to defend against those who seek our undoing.

If you are patriotic, you recognize patriotism when you see it. When you aren't, you look at people welling up with pride when the Star Spangled Banner plays at the baseball game and wonder what all the fuss is about.