Patriotism: Spread it On!

Time offers a lengthy article on patriotism distinguishing between the two flavors of conservative and liberal (h/t Yglesias) . Where conservatives hold patriotism as value of affirmation towards their homeland (e.g. The Pledge of Allegiance, lapel pins), liberals hold patriotism to be a set of concepts like liberty, equality, and justice. Since many of us don't fit neatly into the linear political classification of "left" or "right", can't we just be proud of America because we're not locked away in some shitty gulag in Siberia?

U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!

From humble beginnings...

...to a fight for independence...

...to a fight to stay together...

...from the farms...

...to the prairie...

...first in flight...

...with our industrial base making us strong...

...against a determined foe...

...to the dawn of a new age (these guys invented the transistor)...

...a fight for equality...

...conquering the goals of civilization...

...as the big city looks on...

...protectors of freedom...

...welcoming those from foreign lands...


...still some problems...

...but a darn good place to live!