Senator Gary Hart has posted some of his thoughts about patriotism and its hijacking by some of the more right-wing Republicans.
What is required is for the vast majority of Americans not swept up in this fundamentalist narrow-mindedness to assert their own patriotism, one intelligent enough to acknowledge the right to dissent, to question authority, and to challenge dogmatic right-wingers who have no more right to the flag than anyone else.He asks (in an obvious reference to Ann Coulter and her new book), "Are you prepared to have some dumb-bell judge your patriotism or accuse you of treason? I’m not."
I've been trying to say the same thing here for a while, but I haven't been able to come up with the right language; he does. Recommended reading, I calls it.
Updated: Frank Rich has similar thoughts on the subject.
Posted by Linkmeister at July 6, 2003 08:23 AMGood to see Hart still talking, despite pulling out of the race. He definitely needs to be part of any new administration.
Posted by: The Other Scott at July 7, 2003 02:15 AM