Jun 18 2006
What is so bad about patriotism?
Note: The debate has continued between me and Roadkill. See the comments...
My occasional nemesis, Roadkill, has published an interesting blog that I think stands to be commented on. His post was entitled "Odd Things That Rile Neoconservatives".
VIA Orbusmax, we have a couple of links I find to be oddly connected… By their mutual membership in the “things that rile Neoconservatives” club…
First a blurb from the Orb himself:
“COMMENCEMENT AT THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE: "Dancing, yelling, jars of peanut butter and jelly, and the newly minted graduate's own rendition of the song 'Happy Together'..."”…
My oh my… singing… peanut butter and jelly… We need an airstrike immediately!
Without some more supporting links, it would be hard to refute or confirm this, lets move on to his criticism.
I’ll never live long enough to figure out what bugs neocons about my Alma Mater. Get past the funny costumes, the place is very ordinary. Maybe it’s just the institutionalized disrespect of institutions; maybe a perception of disrespect is responsible for the venom.
That may indeed be the problem. Some people do actually believe that schools are bastions of liberalism, and recent studies validate it. College professors are notable for their liberal leanings, student groups are notoriously liberal at many schools.
Evergreen, is a interesting school. A who's who list in Wikipedia lists about 50 famous grads. Being a Liberal Arts college, it's no real surprise that it is an interesting list of actors, writers, artists, activists, musicians and the one odd porn star, just for fun.
The most notable name is that of activist Rachel Corrie. I won't detail her history, but in summary she was protesting Israeli operations and was killed by a bulldozer. Some say accident, some say murder. I have no opinion. She can be looked at as either a noble activists, or a stupid kid, depending on your position. Some see her as the embodiment of a contradiction that liberal activists sometimes use, that we as a country should not interfere in other countries, and to work towards that end, they go and try to interfere in other countries.
