I suppose it depends on your definition of patriotism, but I don’t think patriotism means “my country, right or wrong.” It’s more like “my country, and if the government screws up I’ll work to change it.” I wouldn’t expect living abroad to change that.
Trending on Twitter: All Countries Matter. I nearly fell off my chair. 😂
Other countries will have to get in line. We have our hands full right here.
and to you!
I’m with Mark Twain on this one.
Clearly he understood what too many today do not.
And then, this link, how America now appears to the eyes of Americans living abroad. How can we reconcile this with patriotism?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/america-land-pathetic/613747/
I suppose it depends on your definition of patriotism, but I don’t think patriotism means “my country, right or wrong.” It’s more like “my country, and if the government screws up I’ll work to change it.” I wouldn’t expect living abroad to change that.