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<blockquote data-quote="Elementor" data-source="post: 1488450" data-attributes="member: 13664">Gladly.&nbsp; Calinon is quite right on most points.&nbsp; Patriotism in a nutshell is an unwaivering loyalty to ones own country.&nbsp; The fact that a number (whatever final number it ends up being) of us are not American citicens means that it would only be Pseudo-Patriotism as opposed to true Patriotism.&nbsp; I call it Patriotism because American Freedom's only jurisdiction (as is appartent with the Mexico City incident) is within the USA.&nbsp; Not all the America's, not North America, just the USA.&nbsp; That means this group is about patriotism.&nbsp; If Vancouver gets attacked and Aaron's family needs help he can't help them as part of the group since we have no pull there.I call it propaganda because anything that has your countries name in it is propaganda.&nbsp; Molsen Canadian beer is Canadian propaganda.&nbsp; Terms like American pie is American propaganda.&nbsp; It forces a familiarity of the term and infers that only in that country will you get something that good.&nbsp; It promotes a patriotic empathy for the product.&nbsp; In your example of World Cup Hockey, Canadians tend to cheer for Team Canada etc.&nbsp; It doesnt matter if your favorite player is Peter Forsberg and he is on Sweden.&nbsp; Because of patriotism you cheer for your home country.&nbsp; If the teams were just called different names it wouldnt be the same.&nbsp; Suddenly when the team names are Regina against Helsinki instead of Canada against Finland we arent as swayed to cheer for one team over another.&nbsp; We still might but the propaganda machine isnt as hard at work.&nbsp; Having American in the name says we represent America.&nbsp; We become what America is all about.&nbsp; We are Heroes, so that means America is heroic.&nbsp; Thats propaganda.&nbsp; We only deal with American problems so it becomes a patriotic matter.&nbsp; The fact that some of us are NOT American changes patriotism to pseudo-patriotism.Not trying to be political.&nbsp; Just using words that can easily be construed as political.Now you see why I try to keep my posts short.&nbsp; Once I start yapping it is hard to shut me up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Elementor, post: 1488450, member: 13664"] Gladly. Calinon is quite right on most points. Patriotism in a nutshell is an unwaivering loyalty to ones own country. The fact that a number (whatever final number it ends up being) of us are not American citicens means that it would only be Pseudo-Patriotism as opposed to true Patriotism. I call it Patriotism because American Freedom's only jurisdiction (as is appartent with the Mexico City incident) is within the USA. Not all the America's, not North America, just the USA. That means this group is about patriotism. If Vancouver gets attacked and Aaron's family needs help he can't help them as part of the group since we have no pull there. I call it propaganda because anything that has your countries name in it is propaganda. Molsen Canadian beer is Canadian propaganda. Terms like American pie is American propaganda. It forces a familiarity of the term and infers that only in that country will you get something that good. It promotes a patriotic empathy for the product. In your example of World Cup Hockey, Canadians tend to cheer for Team Canada etc. It doesnt matter if your favorite player is Peter Forsberg and he is on Sweden. Because of patriotism you cheer for your home country. If the teams were just called different names it wouldnt be the same. Suddenly when the team names are Regina against Helsinki instead of Canada against Finland we arent as swayed to cheer for one team over another. We still might but the propaganda machine isnt as hard at work. Having American in the name says we represent America. We become what America is all about. We are Heroes, so that means America is heroic. Thats propaganda. We only deal with American problems so it becomes a patriotic matter. The fact that some of us are NOT American changes patriotism to pseudo-patriotism. Not trying to be political. Just using words that can easily be construed as political. Now you see why I try to keep my posts short. Once I start yapping it is hard to shut me up. [/QUOTE]

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