(05-29-2019 06:02 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-29-2019 05:57 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(05-29-2019 05:43 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(05-29-2019 04:58 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(05-29-2019 04:48 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  That’s similar to my experience - and in my case, the folks in the former category are not people I really know. It’s a lot different from 93’s “all walks of life”.

But the claims that surprised me most were the ones about not knowing ANY racist leftists or ANY unpatriotic ones. Again, I see plenty of examples of each just among Facebook friends.

I think it would be helpful to provide a bit of insight into what makes someone unpatriotic and what examples you've seen of racism on the left.

I’d be happy to. Please give me a call!

Quote:I see a lot of my friends on the left and right criticizing things about America, but I don't find that an unpatriotic act (not sure if you do).

Do you think I do? If so, on what basis?

Not sure if you do find that an unpatriotic act (which is why I said that). I specifically made sure to say that because I've seen people (on this board even) question whether someone was patriotic, wanted to be in the country, etc. for criticizing aspects of it (see conversations about Kaepernick).

Just wanted to get your thoughts on what constituted unpatriotic acts.

Again, when I said unpatriotic, I meant not patriotic. Did you miss that?

I would like to get your thoughts on what are patriotic acts.

Nope - just like with most message boar things, you responded after I responded to your comment above, and so on. Just some jumping around.

When I think unpatriotic, I less think not patriotic, and more anti-patriotic. So someone being unpatriotic wouldn't be someone who didn't stand for the anthem because of indifference or out of protest, but because they dislike the country. I think it's easy to conflate unpatriotic and anti-patriotic acts in my book, but something like flag burning is an unpatriotic action, IMO. It crosses a line that goes beyond criticism to condemnation.