Patriotism Before this assignment I never really stopped and thought about what the definition of patriotism was or what it means to me. Patriotism in itself has a different meaning and definition to everyone, but does it really? Just because some people show it more than others, does that mean the person, who shows it more, has more patriotism than the person that does not show it does? According to the Oxford English Dictionary patriotism …showed first 75 words of 628 total…

…showed last 75 words of 628 total…Laden does. It is not patriotic to run over our neighbors who are different from you. It is not patriotic to worship death and destruction, to get itchy for some good old nuclear warfare. That is what we’re trying to stop our enemies from doing. Patriotism has never been a synonym for “loud” or “obnoxious” or “dismissive” or even “right wing” To love, support and defend one’s country. It is a beautiful definition.