Real Patriotism

[heliochrome85]

This is what real patriotism looks like. In an age where we abandon our rights and freedoms at the mere threat of an attack, these people are fighting and laying down their lives for freedom from tyranny.

"“I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed. I’m listening to all my favorite music. I even want to dance to a few songs. I always wanted to have very narrow eyebrows. Yes, maybe I will go to the salon before I go tomorrow! There are a few great movie scenes that I also have to see. I should drop by the library, too. It’s worth to read the poems of Forough and Shamloo again. All family pictures have to be reviewed, too. I have to call my friends as well to say goodbye. All I have are two bookshelves which I told my family who should receive them. I’m two units away from getting my bachelors degree but who cares about that. My mind is very chaotic. I wrote these random sentences for the next generation so they know we were not just emotional and under peer pressure. So they know that we did everything we could to create a better future for them. So they know that our ancestors surrendered to Arabs and Mongols but did not surrender to despotism. This note is dedicated to tomorrow’s children…” - an Iranian blogger, with more courage than most of us will ever know."

http://andrewsullivan.theatlan....html

they dont need yellow ribbons to prove they support the troops.

[Kalypso]

I love it

[480sx]

^^ Is the main reason its impossible to lose all faith in humanity. As such other peoples lives and quotes serve to remind us.

Nice

[smockers83]

In the words of Facebook...

Eric Smock likes this.

[AZhitman]

...and a big +1 from this patriot.

[klewis486]

Amen to that.

[Kalypso]

the riots were very bloody, i saw pictures of axe marks in dead bodies.

they marched to their death.

[Cold_Zero]

So where are we today? We are no longer interested in this while Neda Soltan is dead, Ahmadinejad is still the President of Iran and the Revolutionary Government keeps sending protesters to jail.