Robert Reich, a former Secretary of Labor under the Clinton administration, has a unique outlook on what it means to be a patriot. This tiny communist believes open borders and coercive tax policies are the epitome of American values. To him, the American creed is nothing more than a bumper sticker, or a plaque on a statue.
Through most of our
history we’ve understood patriotism the first way. We’ve celebrated the values
and ideals we share in common: democracy, equal opportunity, freedom, tolerance
and generosity.
We’ve recognized
these as aspirations to which we recommit ourselves on the Fourth of July.
This inclusive
patriotism prides itself on giving hope and refuge to those around the world
who are most desperate — as memorialized in Emma Lazarus’ famous lines engraved
on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses
yearning to breathe free.”
By contrast,
we’re now hearing a strident, exclusive patriotism. It asserts a unique and superior
“Americanism” that’s determined to exclude others beyond our borders.
First of all, we have a representative
republic. Second of all, the ideals that
made America great are the rule of law, a federalist system that embraces
limited government, a common culture and the Christian faith that recognizes our
God given rights are inviolable. Did you
notice not one of the aforementioned made it on Mr. Reich’s list?
Progressives have a knack for bastardizing our
language and history. How many times
have people like this guy condemned our founding fathers and subsequent generations
for not being inclusive; yet, celebrate a fictional version of our
heritage? You have to laugh at these
people!
Mr. Reich also believes the highest form of
patriotism is paying taxes to an overbearing and unconstitutional, centralized
government. I wonder if Mr. Reich is
aware that it took an amendment to force Americans to pay an income tax and
that wasn’t until the 20th Century, and even then they were lied to
about it. The only other time that kind
of tax was forced upon the citizenry was during the American Civil War under
Lincoln and that was quickly abolished after they conquered the South.
I find it laughable that this Bolshevik has the
nerve to lecture us on what it means to be a patriot when he and his ilk sneer
at the values that made our country great.
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