Rolling StoneIraq war vet Kris Goldsmith believes “patriot” and “anti-fascist” should be synonymous and he’s turning that belief into action with the new Task Force Butler. The nonprofit’s tagline gets right to the point: “We are American veterans who hunt neo-Nazis.” https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nazi-hunter-fascism-antifa-veteran-1234672732/
“The word ‘patriot’ and the idea of patriotism has been so corrupted by these insurrectionists — these people who would literally kill their fellow Americans to install a fascist dictator,” Goldsmith tells Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nazi-hunter-fascism-antifa-veteran-1234672732/
“As veterans, we have sworn an oath to our Constitution — and actually understand it; not like the Oath Keepers, right? We’re the real keepers of that oath.” https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nazi-hunter-fascism-antifa-veteran-1234672732/
Curioso 🍉 🇺🇦 (jgg)That was exactly how Captain America was born: a bunch of jews creating a nationalist symbol which had as main purpose smashing nazis, starting with Hitler in his very first issue cover.
It's a flawless argument: nazis are always bad for your country, so if you are a patriot, you have to fight nazis.
Gurtbeef Robe@RollingStone the issue is there’s no need to “track down” nazis anymore. They are on full display out in the open bc the gop agrees & supports them & cops recruit them. The issue is what are we going to do about them now?
mf MD 
@RollingStone GD HERO
JB@RollingStone Hallelujah
SectorAI@RollingStone fuck nazi , Ukraine is now Russia 🇷🇺 Territory
Ger@RollingStone great read!
Adam Katz#Nationalism is too often dubbed #Patriotism.
Nationalists are flag-wavers, blindly devoted to their government. Patriots are proud of the ideals of their country and will challenge their government when there is a perceived deviation from its spirit.
@RollingStone
Dissent is patriotic, but the insurrectionists' dissent was neither patriotic nor even nationalistic (it was devotion to a leader, not to a nation).
American nationalism focuses on hate and exclusion, completely ignorant to how it contradicts our nation's founding principles (well, except slavery and a dozen other things).
Peter RelphPresumably it all depends on how you view your nation.
Patriotism is a very dubious proposition at best.
dawnfry@RollingStone
There is a name for the flag-waving “my country love it or leave it” exhibitionist “‘Merica” crowd’s behavior of performative fake patriotism. It’s called jingoism. The term would be getting a comeback, if the media would just start using it again.
There is a name for the flag-waving “my country love it or leave it” exhibitionist “‘Merica” crowd’s behavior of performative fake patriotism. It’s called jingoism. The term would be getting a comeback, if the media would just start using it again.
Wanda Nelson@RollingStone Impressive man.
JD@RollingStone real patriots
joe•iuculano 
SocialistStan@RollingStone Being a patriot for a racist genocidal empire is not antifascist, but at least he's harming the right.