The Difference

[poliphilo]

Here's the difference. You think love of country means "my country right or wrong", whereas I think it means holding my country to a high standard and objecting when it does something stupid or mean. 

Comments

[airstrip.livejournal.com]

But we do that to people we hate, too.

[wlotus.livejournal.com]

I'm with you.

The same goes for family and friends. This has cost me some relationships.

[oakmouse]

To me it means caring enough about my country to want it to be worthy of love and pride.

[baritonejeff.livejournal.com]

Absolutely.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Well, you are not an authoritarian, are you?

Like you, I think liberal democracy is a grand idea. I am probably in the minority, here in the US, and not just because I actually know what "liberal democracy" means.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

My assessment exactly!