Re-viewing “ Radicals ” … ( 09 / 06 / 2014 )
Re-viewing “ Radicals ” … ( 09 / 06 / 2014 )
The notion that " radicals " are people who hate their country is not only naive and misguided , but usually idiotic as well . What these individuals ARE , far more often than not , are individuals who actually adore their country far more than most , and are therefore disturbed & distressed far more than most when seeing its freedoms defanged , its values debauched and its validity denigrated . These " extremists " are not " bad citizens " who have turned to crime ; they are the very best of citizens driven to call loudly for a return to a way of Respect and a way of Integrity and a way of Peace .
( inspired by H . L . Mencken )
“ Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods ; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity , and increases his arrogance and conceit .” ~ Emma Goldman
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