"I don't see why people care about patriotism."

"The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism," Maines resumes, through gritted teeth. "Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country… I don't see why people care about patriotism."

--vocalist Natalie Maines of The Dixie Chicks.

Well, because, for one thing, so many, many people have died in order to give you the freedom to open your big, empty head and emit communications about things you know nothing about (history, geopolitics) and, for another thing, you would not be able to do what you do and earn what you earn in, say, for example, Saudi Arabia (where women can't even drive) or, say for another example, even be able to expose that head in order to emit these ideas because you would be forced to observe hijab, or purdah.

Duh.

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