If Only They Didn't Speak English - Patriotism
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- Created on: 02-09-22 12:52
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- Patriotism
- they love the national anthem - Star Spangled Banner
- estimate: 1/2 of all American homes own a Stars and Stripes flag - if you fly a national flag in the UK its far right associated
- General Social Survey
- 84% of people - 'I would rather be a citizen of America than any other country in the world.'
- Americans need to admit they are the problem
- being a patriotic American is down to your own definition
- national pride
- nationalism
- jingoism / xenophobia
- American exceptionalism
- Abram Lincoln - Americans had a duty to see that 'government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth'
- liberty, individualism, republicanism should prevail overseas too
- Obama
- said that other countries think they're great too
- people were offended
- Marco Rubio - Obama had 'demonstrated a disregard for our moral purpose that at times flirted with disdain'
- they said he was different, so he wasn't patriotic when he redefined it
- said that other countries think they're great too
- you can't spell America without Erica
- veterans
- highly respected in American culture eg at football games
- healthcare is corrupt
- Trump was rude and racist to a family who lost their son in Afghanistan
- all because they were a Muslim family from Pakistan
- Trump banned Muslim countries travelling to the country
- all because they were a Muslim family from Pakistan
- Americans randomly chant U-S-A
- only compares to our Eng-er-land at football but not really
- immigration
- in the past (18th/19th century) ...
- Irish famine, Italians, Jews
- 1924 - Immigration Act - capped who could enter the country
- were Jews fleeing Nazi spies... national security?
- same as Trump's arguments for Middle East + Africa ban
- Trump banned Muslim countries travelling to the country
- same as Trump's arguments for Middle East + Africa ban
- were Jews fleeing Nazi spies... national security?
- in the past (18th/19th century) ...
- Trump's patriotism
- America should not prop up NATO
- countries should have nuclear weapons
- he is a Putin fan which upset the former KGB chief
- believes in America first
- originates from an antisemitic, pro-Hitler group
- people wanted him to be more so
- originates from an antisemitic, pro-Hitler group
- House Un-American Activities Committee, chaired by McCarthy
- McCarthyism - wild accusations to attack those politically different from you
- they love the national anthem - Star Spangled Banner
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