Liberals unpatriotic?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm gonna be red, white and bluer then you.
I'm gonna be the proud and the fewer than you.
The most star-spangledest you ever knew.
I'm the most Americanest ( Americanist ).
When we become afraid,
will we admit to the role we play in these darkened days ?
The folly of all world leaders, the blessed and the damned, bottom-feeders.
Apathetic, untill the things we've ignored come knocking at our door.
I'm gonna snatch you right out of that ing comfort zone.
Because the things you've ignored don't wana be ignored no more.
Wear your flag like a badge, like it matters.
You just happened to be born here.

As Friends Rust - The Most Americanest

These lyrics, especially the first four lines, basically sum up why I don't consider myself patriotic. In this country, the line between patriotism and nationalism has become too blured, and like the first lines say, too many people like to show off by putting as many flags and "God Bless America" bumper stickers on their car as possible. But in the end does that really prove anything? This strikes as trying to prove that you are more patriotic than the guy without those flags and bumper stickers on his car. This culture of jingoinism has gone too far, and it is blinding our nation.

I'll admit to having a lot of REGIONAL pride. You all know how I feel about Minnesota. But that doesn't mean that I think the state is perfect, or that Norm Coleman isn't a worthless heaping sack of sh*t. Just that I like the state. And I can't really feel a connection to a country as large as the US, which is another reason. But if Minnesota was an independent nation, there would be no Minnesota flag on my car. I have nothing to prove. I won't show off any sort of pride for the same reason I won't brag about the number of girls I've bedded or all the rare, out of print stuff in my music collection.