COMMENTS POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN INVESTMENTWATCH
The Danger Of
Patriotism
Samuel Johnson had it right at the time of the American Revolution
on the subject of Patriots.
He especially had in mind at the time Thomas Jefferson, the
biggest hypocrite in American history as well as the godfather of all the
stupid militia and extremist groups America has produced since, including, by
the way, the American Confederacy whose secession he anticipated and set the
example for in Virginia decades earlier.
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Response to another
reader’s comment:
Yes, partly right.
Patriotism as practiced in America is actually a secular
religion or cult with the Founders replacing the Disciples, the Flag replacing
the Cross, the Declaration and Constitution replacing the Bible, plus a strong
propensity to think only you are right and others are not worthy.
And all of the things on which the Patriot Faith is founded,
as the American Constitution and Declaration of Independence, are heavily
flawed and increasingly outdated, just as the Bible is.
Of course, you cannot say that to a Patriot True Believer
without being treated much the way Christians used to treat heretics.
The events of the Revolution, which I have studied closely,
as recited by True Believer Patriots are as full of exaggerations, myths, and
fibs as the Biblical tales of Jonah or Lott’s wife or Jesus and the Devil’s
Temptation.
