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eppur_se_muova

(36,317 posts) Fri Aug 14, 2020, 04:43 PM Aug 2020

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it." --

Attributed to Mark Twain.

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"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it." -- (Original Post) eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 OP

+1 ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #1

ProfessorGAC

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Fri Aug 14, 2020, 04:59 PM

Aug 2020

The "patriots", in this case, complain about the government, admitted they thought their country wasn't great, then wants the government to silence others.
The opposite of what this quote describes.

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