So why don't you let me post my opinion like a good little non-moderator and I will stop putting words in your mouth.
hey i never said you couldn't post your opinion. but when you respond to my response to his question with an irrelevant remark, i will defend my assertion. are you going to start accusing me of being sympathetic to racist attacks simply because i do so? you're free to make irrelevant replies, but don't reply in a manner that distorts the sentiment of my replies.
i made a reply, that stated i felt there was nothing wrong with the fact that a community will pull together in time of crisis. you quoted my response, and replied with "There is something wrong with it when people start using "patriotism" to support ideals that our country clearly doesn't stand for." your response, to me, indicates that you are commenting on patriotism itself, not the circumstances under which it occurs, meaning that your response had no relationship with mine, the one you quoted. the only way anybody could make a connection between the two replies, was if somebody was to misunderstand my reply to mean that there is nothing wrong with patriotism. and that is not what i intended, so i was trying to disabuse people of the notion that your reply and mine were somehow connected, despite the fact that you quoted mine.
I agree it is disgusting that people don't love their country all the time, but sometimes they go too far. I still fail to see how I am not following the "original intent." of this thread.
scootin wasn't talking about whether patriotism was good or bad, but rather whether it was good or bad that we only have it in times of crisis, like this. and racist hate is not love of one's country, patriotism is just an excuse they use.
hey i never said you couldn't post your opinion. but when you respond to my response to his question with an irrelevant remark, i will defend my assertion. are you going to start accusing me of being sympathetic to racist attacks simply because i do so? you're free to make irrelevant replies, but don't reply in a manner that distorts the sentiment of my replies.
i made a reply, that stated i felt there was nothing wrong with the fact that a community will pull together in time of crisis. you quoted my response, and replied with "There is something wrong with it when people start using "patriotism" to support ideals that our country clearly doesn't stand for." your response, to me, indicates that you are commenting on patriotism itself, not the circumstances under which it occurs, meaning that your response had no relationship with mine, the one you quoted. the only way anybody could make a connection between the two replies, was if somebody was to misunderstand my reply to mean that there is nothing wrong with patriotism. and that is not what i intended, so i was trying to disabuse people of the notion that your reply and mine were somehow connected, despite the fact that you quoted mine.
I agree it is disgusting that people don't love their country all the time, but sometimes they go too far. I still fail to see how I am not following the "original intent." of this thread.
scootin wasn't talking about whether patriotism was good or bad, but rather whether it was good or bad that we only have it in times of crisis, like this. and racist hate is not love of one's country, patriotism is just an excuse they use.
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