What is Patriotic

by Nick 198   Jan 15, 2005


What is patriotic
Is it dieing in a war
Is it killing to survive
Is it fighting to be free

People die every day
In a different form of war
People die every day
Trying to not get killed
People die every day
Fighting to be totally free

Am I patriotic because I fly the flag
Am I patriotic because I pay taxes
Am I patriotic because I support our troops
What is it to be patriotic

Killing, dieing, wanting to be free
Is what we are doing
But the ones who don't
Aren't patriotic

In the government's eyes
We are not patriotic if we don't want to die for war
We are not patriotic if we are anti-war
We are not patriotic if we don't have a little support our troops sticker
We are not patriotic if we don't fly the flag
Well what the hell is patriotic then and why is it so important
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  • 19 years ago

    by BreatheNoMore

    I pledge Allegiance to the flag
    Of the corporate states of America
    And to the republicans
    For which it stands
    One nation,
    Under debt,
    Easily divisible
    With liberty and justice for oil

    you mistake your ignorance for bliss..if only you saw past into the attrosities and injustices of this war and the insencere judgement of our so called leader "Bush"

    Corpses piled like stacking blocks
    Fitting together, each one a story to tell
    Children crying, hopeless and bloody
    Iraq in such confusion
    For they never hurt anybody

    Vietnam, the holocaust
    History repeating
    Fascism for all
    Only free are those not breathing

  • 19 years ago

    by smokeybear

    being patriotic doesnt have anything to do with supporting its leaders. being patriotic is doing what we can do becuase we are free, like thinking for ourselfs, not just listening to what our leaders tell us is right and wrong.