What Patriotism Means to Me
- Date: April 04, 2002
- Level: College, Undergraduate
- Grade: B
- Length: 2 pages (550 words)
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What Patriotism Means to Me
In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States we are seeing many forms of Patriotism. I was suprised to find when I researched this word that it had a negative feeling associated with it. I believe that patriotism is actively showing your support for your country, standing up for what you believe in, and fighting for our individual free will and independence.
I am proud of my country and I am not ashamed to fly the American Flag. Many men and women have died to give me the freedoms that I take for granted. I applaud their patriotism, and I thank them for giving me my way of life. I will ...
... all others." On the contrary, patriotism stands for fighting for everyone to have the same freedom that I do.
We did not ask for terrorist to attack our country, but it is our duty to defend her, not blindly as people would say we do, but earnestly keeping the good of all in mind. Richard Maybury, author of Early Warning Report, wrote: "The only thing I would be willing to die for is my home and family; I would do what ever it takes to repel an invader, to protect my homeland. When I am deciding what I think of a U.S. military operation in some far off corner of the world, I always ask this
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05 April, 2002 06:55:58
Remember there can be a fine line between patrionism & nationalism, and sometimes (especially in the States) it can be hard to tell the difference. I think this is an important point.
13 out of 13 people found this comment useful.12 March, 2003 19:34:16
patriotism, throughout history, has been considered negatively because patriotism is a term that applies toward blind, or unfounded nationalism. You can be proud of the US for whatever reasons you may have, but keep in mind that UNTILL recently the word was used with greatly different meaning. the word changed meaning because of it's use in the american media which is not objective. the media benefits promoting support of wars other violence because it improves programming's ratings. by promoting an ethnocentric view of american politics, refuting any non-war arguments with VERY strong rhetoric to marginalize liberalism, and re-spinning the word patriot in a positive light the media serves to use it's influential powers to sway the populus on issues it stands to profit from.
for everyone:
open your eyes, not with one-sightedness, but with objective, educated, multi-cultural analysis of issues, interests, and consequences.
good paper, but it shows only examples of information from media propaganda which is anything but objective. a bit more, reserach of past, you would find that the word patriot does not reflect your self-proclaimed diversity and objective multi-cultural analysis of current issues.
05 April, 2002 18:50:07
Good use of a pursuasive arguement. I appreciated your definition of patriotism stated in the introductory paragraph. You did a good job of embelishing on that description later in the paper. I like the Goldman quote, but would have felt more swayed to your arguement had you embelished upon her beliefs and then stated why you disagree. A counter arguement makes a much stronger paper. You started to make a counter point, but stopped too soon. Great work overall.
