Today is Memorial Day.\u00a0 A day to honor the men and women who paid the ultimate price defending our nation.\u00a0 \u00a0A solemn day.<\/p>\n
Some think of today in terms of sales.\u00a0 If you go online or watch TV or pick up a newspaper you will see that this is a great weekend to “honor America” by purchasing a new mattress.\u00a0 No.\u00a0 Just no.<\/p>\n
However, I find it sadder, and a more than a little ironic, when the folks who feel the need to post large numbers of badly photoshopped banners reading\u00a0 “Home of the Free Because of the Brave” clearly they have little idea what that actually means.<\/p>\n
Posting pretty pictures doesn’t make you a good citizen.\u00a0 \u00a0Worshipping the flag, the bald Eagle, or any other symbol of our country doesn’t either.<\/p>\n
If you truly are proud to be home of the free then you have to live it every day.\u00a0 Our constitution doesn’t just guarantee freedom for people who look and think just like you.\u00a0 \u00a0You have to respect folks who chose to worship differently than you.\u00a0 You have to respect the rights of folks who choose to dress differently than you.\u00a0 You have to honor the rights of everyone to have their opinion heard and debated.<\/p>\n
If you demand these rights for yourself but deny them to others you aren’t a patriot.\u00a0 You are the opposite of everything you claim to represent.\u00a0 You’re a bigot.\u00a0 \u00a0You’re a hypocrite.\u00a0 You are disrespecting the very things that really DO make America great.<\/p>\n
Isn’t that ironic?<\/p>\n
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