re: #185 reine.de.tout

I think the US history is FULL of examples, old and new, of us looking at the negatives and taking action to correct them.

Absolutely. I see it all the time, here and elsewhere.

Again, the patriotism you see here and from most Americans, is a patriotism born of gratitude and being thankful, not a “rah rah rah we’re number 1”!

I never said otherwise rene.

However, the ‘patriotism’ I see from many on the far right, including claiming that fellow Americans pointing out problems with the American culture or actions of the government (like the war in Iraq), makes them unpatriotic and un-American is a horribly caustic meme.

I don’t see full fledged versions of this meme here, ever.