Tag: Patriots

American Politics

‘Patriots’ are undermining American democracy | Michael Harriot | The Guardian

‘Calling them “rioters” doesn’t quite capture the political motivations of the pro-authoritarian mob of Maga fanatics.

“Patriots were determined to “Kill Pence” and “Kill Pelosi” no matter what they wish they were called that fact remains they were Patriots of Treason. They were armed and weren’t simply exercising any right of protest. They were there at the behest and invitation of Trump to stop Biden from being officially rubber stamped as President. They were there to do what Pence refused to unceremoniously do for Trump. In short, to prevent the duly elected change of the Presidency. Theirs was  an attempted unpatriotic coup!

There is a more accurate term than insurrectionists to describe the people who stormed the US Capitol building on 6 January, forever smearing the seat of the American republic with fear and fascism. Although their activities inspired terror and were planned in part by members of white supremacist groups, they object to being labeled as “terrorists” or “white supremacists”. Calling them “rioters” doesn’t quite capture the political motivations of the pro-authoritarian mob of Maga fanatics. Perhaps we should view them as historical re-enactors. After all, they were only recreating the effort to undermine democracy, freedom and the US constitution that has repeated itself for centuries. Yet, if you asked them, they would undoubtedly say they were “patriots”.

Source: ‘Patriots’ are undermining American democracy | Michael Harriot | The Guardian

FBI

Those January 6 ‘Patriots’ Are Fast Becoming Snitches | Crooks and Liars

Those January 6 'Patriots' Are Fast Becoming Snitches

The FBI had its largest number of arrests related to January 6, this week. Those weekend warriors for Trump are flipping, fast. By David Neiwert

Source: Those January 6 ‘Patriots’ Are Fast Becoming Snitches | Crooks and Liars

Trumpland, Uncategorized

The Right Wraps Itself in the Flag, but This Year the Left Are the Fourth of July Patriots | The Smirking Chimp

via The Right Wraps Itself in the Flag, but This Year the Left Are the Fourth of July Patriots | The Smirking Chimp

Protest, Uncategorized

Patriots in a Red Dirt Land – » The Australian Independent Media Network

It has been written elsewhere that Patriotism is but a short goose-step away from Fascism, and that Nationalism is but a short spurt of frenzied flag-waving away from Totalitarianism. There is more than just a shade of truth in all of that.

Mass unstoppable protest, to my mind, is the only answer. Reasonableness, and hope in the power of our electoral system, has not worked, and the rightist nationalists and patriots currently control our national political and societal agendas. They present a face of Australia to the world that is not representative of who we are.

But getting out there and protesting, and standing solidly in the road against the nationalists and patriots, is not always an easy thing to do in contemporary Australia. Because it identifies you to them clearly as a non-patriot, and a non-nationalist, and a non-fascist, and a non-bigot, and a non-racist, and a non-hater, and a non-ignoramus, and a non-denier. It publicly identifies you as NOT being like them.

Their power will continue to grow in Australia unless more and more of us are prepared to get out there, unless more and more of us are prepared to run the risk of identifiably standing in opposition and defiance to them.

Our political parties who oppose the Right need to do more than just try and represent us in our parliaments. They need to join us on the streets. We need to join them on the streets. We need to join each other on the streets.

I cannot see any other method that will, from now on, help us to achieve a better and more humane and more progressive Australia.

via Patriots in a Red Dirt Land – » The Australian Independent Media Network