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Deviled Hen
MidnightBlue said:Sometimes it seems to me that everything that's labeled patriotism is really jingoism. I think I've lived in South Carolina too long.
Ooh, I think you have.
I think real patriotism is just pride in your community, your city, state, country, and yes, the world.
It's out of a sense of wanting a community to be proud of that we put on the waders to clean junk out of the neighborhood stream every year, that I've worked alongside the fellow gardener who pushed to get Chamblee to be the first Community Backyard Habitat in the SE U.S. It's patriotism that leads me to work to ensure equal rights for religious expression in our schools.
Stuff like that comes from patriotism. It's not about "we're better than them" but "hey, let's make this a place to be proud of."
I know; that's why I fruballed you for it.
And thanks for that too.
Hm, if you happen to live anywhere near Myrtle Beach, my daughter has an Irish Dance competition there later in September.