Post by Eddie D. on Aug 8, 2017 23:49:34 GMT
Sixteen years ago this September two planes flew into the World Trade Centers in New York City, a third crashed into the Pentagon and a forth missed it's target when the passengers on the plane rose up to stop their captures and executioners.
Following the tragic events of September 11th, 2001 the Untied States felt a great swell of Patriotism. The red, white and blue flew proudly over many homes, bumper stickers and t-shirts celebrating American pride were everywhere, for the first time since perhaps World War 2 the United States was truly united.
Over the course of the following decade that sense of pride was eroded away by the news media, lying politicians and the rise of social media. In the last six years the word Patriotism has seemingly become offensive to those with more progressive views.
It is no long okay to support the country of the United States and be proud of it, people who wear their pride on their sleeve are looked down upon and mocked by the vocal minority.
When did Patriotism become wrong?
James Gilmore is a man who was born and raised with the concept of American exceptionalism. He views the United States the same way most Americans did immediately following September 11th or World War 2. James Gilmore sees the United States as the greatest country that has ever existed and while that can be obnoxious to people not from that country, I find it difficult to fault a man for loving his country.
In these trying social times James Gilmore has stood resolute in his beliefs that hard work will take him everywhere he wants to go. The same ideas and beliefs that were once common in the 1940's still lives and breathes inside of James Gilmore. While the vocal minority seem to be happy to condemn James Gilmore and his "Trump" like ideals I find it inspiring that he stays steadfast, refusing to back down from peer pressure and continuing to step ever forward.
It has become common in the age of social media to shame people for their beliefs while preaching progress.
The same folks who march in gay pride parades or go to Black Lives Matter rallies are the same ones who condemn James Gilmore for never backing down from his own beliefs. Society has moved to a place where it is acceptable to hate someone who doesn't share a popular opinion. We see it all the time on message boards and Twitter. While polls make it clear that the voices who scream the loudest are clearly in the minority we are lead to believe that they are the majority.
James Gilmore is the voice of the voiceless, the voice of the silent majority who are shamed into obscurity. While Twitter and Facebook hate him for his Patriotism it leaves me inspired, yearning for a time when people were proud to be American, proud to be different, proud to fight for a better world.
There is no one belief system that is right or wrong, there is no one side of the argument. James Gilmore represents a side of the conversation social media doesn't seem to want to have but he is not giving them a choice.
James Gilmore in this writers opinion is the epitome of what it means to be an American.
Live free or die.
Live free, James.
Following the tragic events of September 11th, 2001 the Untied States felt a great swell of Patriotism. The red, white and blue flew proudly over many homes, bumper stickers and t-shirts celebrating American pride were everywhere, for the first time since perhaps World War 2 the United States was truly united.
Over the course of the following decade that sense of pride was eroded away by the news media, lying politicians and the rise of social media. In the last six years the word Patriotism has seemingly become offensive to those with more progressive views.
It is no long okay to support the country of the United States and be proud of it, people who wear their pride on their sleeve are looked down upon and mocked by the vocal minority.
When did Patriotism become wrong?
James Gilmore is a man who was born and raised with the concept of American exceptionalism. He views the United States the same way most Americans did immediately following September 11th or World War 2. James Gilmore sees the United States as the greatest country that has ever existed and while that can be obnoxious to people not from that country, I find it difficult to fault a man for loving his country.
In these trying social times James Gilmore has stood resolute in his beliefs that hard work will take him everywhere he wants to go. The same ideas and beliefs that were once common in the 1940's still lives and breathes inside of James Gilmore. While the vocal minority seem to be happy to condemn James Gilmore and his "Trump" like ideals I find it inspiring that he stays steadfast, refusing to back down from peer pressure and continuing to step ever forward.
It has become common in the age of social media to shame people for their beliefs while preaching progress.
The same folks who march in gay pride parades or go to Black Lives Matter rallies are the same ones who condemn James Gilmore for never backing down from his own beliefs. Society has moved to a place where it is acceptable to hate someone who doesn't share a popular opinion. We see it all the time on message boards and Twitter. While polls make it clear that the voices who scream the loudest are clearly in the minority we are lead to believe that they are the majority.
James Gilmore is the voice of the voiceless, the voice of the silent majority who are shamed into obscurity. While Twitter and Facebook hate him for his Patriotism it leaves me inspired, yearning for a time when people were proud to be American, proud to be different, proud to fight for a better world.
There is no one belief system that is right or wrong, there is no one side of the argument. James Gilmore represents a side of the conversation social media doesn't seem to want to have but he is not giving them a choice.
James Gilmore in this writers opinion is the epitome of what it means to be an American.
Live free or die.
Live free, James.
Well howdy there pardner.