Monday, September 18, 2006

Patriotism

Stopped by the website BadEagle.com for a moment this morning, and noted a short interview David Yeagley conducted with Ilana Mercer.

Yeagley asked the following question of Mercer,

What is your response to the idea of an American Indian being an American patriot? Is it impossibly contradictory? Is it disingenuous?

Mercer’s reply makes for interesting reading, but I particularly enjoyed this portion of her response to the question noted above.

So what is patriotism? Here’s what it’s not: it’s not an allegiance to the government of the day, or to its invariably wicked, un-American policies. It’s an affinity for your community; it’s an understanding of the great principles upon which this country was founded—which have been excised by successive governments, Republican and Democratic alike. And it’s a commitment to restoring the republic of private-property rights, individual freedoms, and radical decentralization.

The interview was originally published by FreeMarketNews, and can be read in its entirety here.

Posted by John Venlet on 09/18 at 07:51 AM
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