Patriots : The Liberal And Conservative Views

This is a good analysis of how the liberal and Conservative understands the meaning of the word 'patriot'.

This is from my brother that lives near D.C.

The problem is that there is no longer any such thing as a non-partisan "Patriot" because the left defines patriotism as working to limit the freedom of the individual, reduce the sovereignty of the US, and increase the size and power of central government.

Conservatives tend to define patriotism as defending US sovereignty, preserving individual freedom, and limiting the power of government at all levels.

These two visions of what is patriotic" have been at war with each other since the founding of the US, and over the last 50 years, the left, with its control of the schools and major media, has been winning the battle to define patriotism. In simplest terms, the debate over patriotism is between upper-class elites who believe they are so superior that they should control everything, and the educated middle-class who believes in the US Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of independence.

There is no simple way to reconcile these two sides, and over the whole course of human history, this debate/conflict has come to dominate every society that evolved some semblance of individual freedom.

The US we grew-up in is gone, it has been destroyed by a loss of perspective by its citizens about the meaning and value of our individual freedoms, and by a growing assault by the left. Our education system has worked to distort US history, and destroy any understanding of the value of the freedoms guaranteed by the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. All that is left to us is a fight to the death between the two sides, that is what it has come down to!

There will be no amicable settlement of differences in this fight! If the left wins we can expect all the benefits of classic totalitarian dictatorships; total control of all media, all public forums, all education, all aspects of the economy and of course, health care. Concentration camps will be established to handle those not willing to go along, and of course, there will be secret police, extensive goon squads, book burning, or in the case of on-line media, electronic deletion of unwanted opinions or information.

And yes, there will an establishment of a "superior" class of citizens who will serve the elites and help to keep the rest of the prols under control. I leave it to your imagination as to which group will be chosen to enforce the edicts of the elites. [ (/Added for this post) /If the conservatives win, we will also lose some, but not all, freedoms, and the economy will thrive, but the left will remain free to mount another attack]. Not pretty, but when a nation loses its collective understanding and memory of its own history, ugly things often happen.