Patriotic slogans that grind on you the most?

[maveric]

Poll question: Patriotic slogans that grind on you the most?

[no name no slogan]

1. "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS"

A totally empty, useless slogan if I ever heard one.

"No, I wish our troops would get killed. I hate America." :eyes:

[barb162]

24. this is what popped in my mind

[mzteris]

2. God Bless America

I HATE that one......... I always "hear" the unspoken part - and please, God, screw the rest of the world........

[existentialist]

7. I agree

I always sounds as if they are ORDERING God to bless America. I thought of getting a bumper sticker that says,

"May God have Mercy on America"

to see whether it would cause somebody to trash my car.

[mzteris]

12. "May God have Mercy on America"

....... interesting....

Although fundies would probably completely miscontrue it.

[Sanity Claws]

3. They all grind on me.

I must have done several eye rolls just reading your poll.

[theshadow]

4. "USA! USA! USA!"

[SOteric]

5. "America is the Greatest Country on Earth"

especially when spoken by someone who's never travelled.

I love living in the U.S., no question about it. I'm pleased to be an American.

But seriously, every country is proud of themselves. Every country is filled with patriots who believe their country is the finest. Our lot can be a particularly intractable and assholish, however, and I admit it annoys me to no end to hear some folk gas on about our many wonders.

[WhollyHeretic]

6. They all make my brain ache

but when I hear "My Country Right or Wrong" I think my brain actually starts to bleed.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

8. Freedom Isn't Free

so then why don't you go put yoor ass on the line to pay for it? :eyes:

[laura888]

16. yeah - that's one's the worst for me too n/t

[existentialist]

9. ("Slogan" -- a convenient substitute for thought.)

[Arkana]

10. All of them, but "Support Our Troops" the most.

That annoys the SHIT out of me. I mean, who DOESN'T support the troops???????

[usedtobesick]

11. My country right or wrong

WYFO...

[MountainLaurel]

13. "Power of Pride"

With the stylized flag. 'Cause apparently they forget that biblical dealie about pride going before a fall.

And we're seeing how accurately that one is coming to pass.

[melv]

14. "Defending America" - national guard ads at the movie

theater. Getting a little sick of it.

[MountainLaurel]

15. I would have to walk out

If I saw that ad preceding a film. Luckily, I generally can only afford movies at the second-run drafthouse theater.

[Gemini Cat]

29. That one is very annoying.

I saw a bunch of them on cars/suvs today.
Someday I'm going to ask those morans about that pride and power business.

[Dervill Crow]

17. Power of Pride.

What the hell does that mean? It must be patriotic, because it's on a bumper sticker with a picture of a flag.

[MiniMandaRuth]

18. ARGH.

Kick Their Ass, Take Their Gas.

I HATE that.

Hmm... I should come up with something sarcastic to say to the idiots who feel that they need to put that stuff all over the back of their car.

[Robeson]

19. America the beautiful. Especially when I see images like this everyday...

...

[NMMNG]

20. "Freedom Isn't Free"

Usually said by redneck freepers to support bombing someplace or killing people. Also said any time there is the slightest suggestion that military spending is out of control and to deride war protesters as heretical scum.

[giant_robot]

23. I agree.

They use that tired old saying to justify any military action, and most of the time it has nothing to do with anyone's freedom.

[NMMNG]

27. Indeed n/t

[Redstone]

21. #2, without question.

"No matter what kind of horrible things the American Government does, it's OK because I live here."

Can there be ANY mindset that's more ignorant?

Redstone

[The Magistrate]

22. "My Country, Right Or Wrong," Sir

Is an unfortunate mis-quote. The entirity of what Com. Decatur said is: "My country, right or wrong. When right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right." That has always struck me as a most genuine expression of patriotism in the best sense of the word.

[lpbk2713]

25. "Love it or leave it."

Fuck you.

You leave it.

[Placebo]

26. "Support Our Troops"

There's so many of those giant ass Yellow stickers on cars around here that I've stopped counting. I guarantee you most of the people who put them on their autos wouldn't think you could support the troops and want the President and his administration led out of DC in chains.

[I Know How To Do it]

28. They hate our freedom. Why do you hate America so much?

General crap like that.