Article: Obama Faces Test in Asserting His Own Brand of Patriotism
Argument:
In forceful tones, he has warned against using the Sept. 11 attacks to “scare up votes instead of as a way to bring the country together,” condemned the “politics of fear,” and demanded an end to the “mind-set that got us into war” in Iraq. When asked in October why he does not wear an American-flag pin on his lapel, he took the question head-on, saying he had worn one after the terrorist attacks but had stopped because it “became a substitute for . . . true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security.”
Agreement: Proud to be unpatriotic
Conclusion: Patriotism, like Christianity, has gotten too mired in defining people. You do not have to wear a flag pin to prove you are proud to be a citizen of your country. In Obama’s case serving his country as a Senator and presidential hopeful makes him patriotic enough in my book. You do not have to wear the flag, like your heart, on your sleeve or ‘bleed red, white and blue’ to be patriotic. Deal with it!!!
P.S.: Thanks Meghan for the Obama button!
Yeah! I am glad you finally got it (after I did not mail it for a very long time)!