Self-portrait in a French press coffee pot ("freedom press," for patriots) by blogger and artist Kamala.The non-hilarity of the joke aside, this brings up a question.
You see, I always got the impression that the liberal stance was "I love my country, including the part that says I have the right to question our government." This line makes me think that the stance is now--or at least Jardin's stance is--"I am not loyal to my country whatsoever."
I'm not going to suggest that "If you don't like it, get out", but I do wonder whether someone who is so detached from his country should have any influence over that country's policies.
Of course, Jardin is a commentator, not a politician...but her words do reach many people.
4 comments:
The coffee pot is irrelevant; it's the "for patriots" line that does it. It's obvious that Jardin thinks changing "French" to "freedom" is silly (and it is), but rather than saying "for neocons" or "for righties" or whatever, she said "for patriots". This would imply that she is not a patriot.
...in other words, she's the one saying she's not loyal to her country, not me ;P
But rather than try to reclaim the word, she's rejecting it. I don't know, that just makes me feel like she doesn't ascribe much importance to loving her country. I mean, it's not like there's some other word she can use, right?
And I didn't miss the sarcasm; that's where the "non-hilarity" part of my post came in. I bypassed it because I felt it was irrelevant to the larger issue: that she was rejecting patriotism as something that does not apply to her.
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