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By John Bossange
As the presidential campaign season heats up and we head toward Election Day, it will be important to distinguish between what it means to be an American Patriot as compared to an American Nationalist. The difference between the two is critical to understand because one is being dangerously misused to polarize our nation.
Patriotism in America has always meant a feeling of attachment and commitment to our country. For some, it is described as a love of country and loyalty towards it. The qualities of a patriotic citizen can be seen in one who obeys the law, respects authority, contributes to society and community, performs civic duties, shows courtesy and respect for the rights of others, is trustworthy and honest, demonstrates tolerance, accountability, and shows moral courage when needed.
All of these attributes are focused on the broader concept of country, nation, or a political community, and they unite us under one banner. There are many ways to demonstrate your patriotism. Key here is that patriotism is not defined by any racial, ethnic or religious ideology, but instead by America’s Constitution, its thirty two amendments, and our enduring belief in freedom, and “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” That’s made America the “shining city on the hill,” united us during challenging times, and the reason why so many people have immigrated here.
Nationalism has a long history of doing just the opposite. Nationalism is an ideology unto itself, which is based on the premise that an individual’s loyalty and devotion to a nation outweigh and surpasses other individual or group interests. Nationalism seeks to create laws supporting one national identity often based upon a combination of social characteristics such as culture, ethnicity, and religion, followed by language, political beliefs, and sometimes a geographic location.
The danger of nationalism is not just that it aims to build a single national identity, but that the nation-state itself becomes the only source of political power. In America, that view flies in the face of our ever-evolving democracy where it’s been the people who have been the source of our political power and national identity. Too often nationalism has been used to legitimize racial, ethnic and religious divisions, suppress or attack minorities, undermine human rights and democratic traditions, and fuel domestic strife. Unfortunately, we see this in America right now.
Today we are experiencing the rise of religious (Christian) nationalism, political party (MAGA) nationalism, racial (white) nationalism, ethnic (European heritage) nationalism, and even government (“deep state”) nationalism. Beliefs in a nation state ideology today range from limiting the size of government, controlling voting access in urban areas, censoring selected books, promoting the teaching of the Bible in public schools, eliminating women’s reproductive rights, and encouraging the growth of fossil fuels. These are just a few examples of using nationalism as an ideology that creates divisive, shortsighted, and unpatriotic results.
We are a much stronger nation when we behave as patriotic Americans because we become unified under our Constitution and have the moral courage to show respect, trust, honesty, and tolerance. When we behave as nationalists, we splinter apart, move away from freedom and equal opportunity, and can become disrespectful, dishonest, intolerant, and mistrustful of others who are not what the nation-state has defined to be an American. That divisiveness has made America a weaker country because it is an ideology that has not included everyone.
America has always been at its best when we behave as a winning team, and live up to the words written in our Pledge of Allegiance, “one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all.” A true patriot from our past, Francis Bellamy wrote those words in 1872. We’d be wise to live up to that pledge and behave as true patriots living in a unified country rather than as nationalists living in a divided nation-state.
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Mr. Bossange you forgot to mention ultra-nationalists. At a recent United Nations event, a lawyer for the United Nations admitted that their globalist agenda could be destroyed based on the outcome of the US presidential election. The goal of the United Nations is the creation of a one world government (his words) with the UN as the leader. He also discusses global citizenship and the goal of creating a global citizen political identity, which is in direct conflict with the concept of national sovernty. The lawyer was caught by investigative journalists, see link.
https://www.youtube.com/live/yXwH8jd4L_A?si=zgDXPuthW7aaEGiW
Boom, truth bomb laid out on the first comment, well done!
What is being done is mind control, see above article, where you can be patriotic, but not for your nation. Because if you are for your nation then you won’t be part of the global citizenry, you won’t willingly give it all up to the United Nations.
Bossange and those in Montpelier are U.N. disciples, they do all the bidding and essential work for them, in essence making Vermont the first colony of the United Nations, which is why we have tiny homes, etc.
So, in their plight to take over America with marxist united nations philosophy, who is the greatest threat? Nationalists of any variety of course! And the most problematic for those leaders who see themselves as God? Well, that would of course be the Christian Nationalist, and since most the country is white, of course the White Christian Nationalist is the biggest enemy of their plans.
Their plans, “You will own nothing and be happy”
Christ’s Plan, “Love, Joy and Peace”
Choose wisely whom you follow, results seldom vary. Look at Haiti, they have brought hell on earth through Voodoo, from its beginning. You can see the results from space.
Jesus is King.
UN 3030 AGENDA: 17 GOALS – The 17 “Sustainable Development Goals” that make up UN Agenda 2030 essentially serves as the recipe for the upcoming technocratic new world order. The UN plans to have nations to continue to impose new laws and initiatives upon their citizens in effort to achieve these goals which they lump under
“sustainability”. Agenda 2030 is a ramp up from it’s predecessor Agenda 21, as it aims to control everything. Control of all Lands, Water, Food, Energy, Technology, Production, Information, Animals and all Humans through AI, 6G Blockchain and
RFID. The “Elites” are setting the stage to enslave humanity under the rule of the Antichrist.
1. NO POVERTY
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. All will receive digital Universal Basic Income & identity on the block chain. 2. Wealth distribution from rich to poor. 3. The elimination of Lower Class.
2. ZERO HUNGER
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: End hunger, achieve food security & improved nutrition and agriculture.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. More synthetic lab grown Frankenfood, GMOs & Nanotech that effects DNA. 2. Those with RFID chip will be able to buy food resulting in “Zero Hunger”
3. GOOD HEALTH & WELL BEING
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Ensure healthy lives & push wellbeing.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. More job production & propaganda for future plan-demics to alter DNA. 2. Biometric sensors to monitor the body. 3. Medical history will be on a blockchain.
4. QUALITY EDUCATION
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. Dumb-Down education to indoctrinate. 2. Upskilling and Reskilling for a new lifelong learning GIG economy, as AI and robotics will replace many jobs.
5. GENDER EQUALITY
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Gender equality and empower women.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. Replace human intelligence with AI to avoid “incorrect judgments”. 2. Promote radical feminism, the Trans-Sodomite Agenda & multiple genders. 3. Teach women to have less or no kids. 4. Abandon gender identity and promote trans-humanism as the new gender.
6. CLEAN WATER & SANITATION
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Ensure sustainable water management.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. Control and monitor all water systems. 2. Metals, fluoride & Nanotech in water.
7. AFFORDABLE & CLEAN ENERGY
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. Monitor all energy systems in homes and corporations in real time. 2. Cities and towns to institute blackouts to save energy.
8. DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Promote sustainable economic growth, productive employment & decent work
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. Replace workers with robotics and AI. 2. Connect workers to VR headsets, as the metaverse will be the future of work.
9. INDUSTRY INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Build resilient infrastructure, promote industrialization and innovation.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: Use robotics and AI to fully automate infrastructural projects and innovation making people useless in the industries.
10. REDUCED INEQUALITIES
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Reduce inequality within countries.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. Bring developed countries down to near poverty levels, while raising poor nations slightly above poverty level. 2. Set up short term GIG jobs in a race to the bottom economy.
11. SUSTAINABLE CITIES & COMMUNITIES
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Make cities safe & sustainable.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. Move everyone into smart cities with a social credit score system. 2. Everything connected via Blockchain, 5G, 6G, IOT, IOB & AI.
3. Constant surveillance and gun control.
12. RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. Food & Water are ration based off of social credit score. 2. Punish those that throw away food. 3. Consumption of Frankenfoods & GMOs
13. CLIMATE ACTION
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Take urgent action on climate.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. Create a circular economy. 2. Both natural and manmade disasters to be blamed on climate change, thus keeping draconian measures in place, 3. Carbon Footprint Taxes
14. LIFE BELOW WATER
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. Monitor and restrict access to the open seas, lakes and rivers with sensors and satellites and punish those found guilty. 2. Feed people genetically modified farm bred, and lab grown fish.
15. LIFE ON LAND
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Protect restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystem.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. Force people off of rural lands, ranches, forests and farms into smart cities. 2. Restrict and minimize travel to natural land habitats and forests.
16. PEACE – JUSTICE & STRONG INSTITUTIONS
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Promote peaceful societies and inclusive institutions for sustainable development.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: 1. Only those with RFID chip and a digital ID Passport with bio metric data on a blockchain can be a part of the peaceful society. 2. Social credits will be used to get the population to obey the New World Order and punish unwanted behavior. Those who do not comply will be imprisoned or have all benefits on the blockchain turned off.
17. PARTNERSHIPS & GOALS
WHAT WE ARE TOLD: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize global partnerships for sustainability.
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS: In order to implement all 17 SDG’s and maintain global partnerships for the goals, a number of key technologies need to be further pushed on society, such as; CDBC, blockchain technology, CRSPR gene editing, AI monitoring sensors, AI and bio metric facial recognition cameras, 5G, 6G, Smart Cities, RFID Chips, IOT, IOB, robotics, etc., to fully control the world.
Hi James,
I see you got your marxist decoder ring in the mail. They work really well huh!
Watch what they do, not what they say.
It gets down to more power, money and debauchery……..that is the final goal.
They have so much pride, they think they know everything.
They think they are God.
Neil, I didn’t get my Marxist Decoder Ring in the mail. I invented them and try to sell them to anyone who will listen.
Good illustration of a straw man argument driven by the fever dreams of TDS. Bossange just defines “nationalism” as patriotism he doesn’t like and “patriotism” as nationalism that he does.
Good illustration of projection too.
He defines Patriotism (the good) as upholding the constitution. But his favorite politicians want to destroy freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, The right to bear arms, The right to a speedy trial ( Jan 6 protesters, Julian Assange) to name a few. Basically they want to rip up the constitution.
But he says that his enemies want to do that.
It’s good to see bossange hasn’t stopped his liberal rants. Using alinsky’s rules he seeks to redefine patriotism to fit his liberal worldview. bossange omits his previously used “Orange Messiah” phrase, instead attacking our constitutional republic and mocking principles that have served since America’s founding.
bossange has in the past relied on misquotes to bolster his assertions of intellectual superiority over mere mortal Vermont readers- so I’ll add a direct quote from Geo. Washington’s farewell address of 1796-
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness — these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”
And whom does Alinsky dedicate his book?
And whom did Karl Marx despise?
Could you imagine if more news sites allowed commentary in Vermont? If that happened, we’d get some change in our state…..
If we changed our directions we might experience, Love, Joy and Peace.
Too bad all the readers on Vermont Digger won’t be exposed to any differing opinions or viewpoints, same for 7 Days, VPR and Front Porch Forum.
Guy thank you so much, great site.
Nationalists marched on Charlottesville, Patriots stood up to them.
Nationalists stormed the capital on January 6th, Patriots put them in jail.
Nationalists will try again on Election Day, Patriots will be there to stop them.
Patriots understand that our country is worth defending from those who commit atrocities in its name
You should get a Brita water filter, something is in your water.
Those “patriots” have put people in jail for 4 years with no trial, solitary confinement for many.
You should really call a water filtration company, perhaps there is some industrial waste polluting your water supply.
Too funny, guess you didn’t read purslane comment above before posting. Perfect example of what he was talking about.
https://twitter.com/MrReaganUSA/status/1816826660089733492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1816826660089733492%7Ctwgr%5E1fe000c88dfa657339164d099bce2d690d77e6fd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatfinger.com%2F
A wonderful little parody…….and those looking forward to “you will own nothing and be happy”.
AMERICA FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How’s THAT for some American “nationalism”?
” The qualities of a patriotic citizen can be seen in one who obeys the law, respects authority, contributes to society and community, performs civic duties, shows courtesy and respect for the rights of others, is trustworthy and honest, demonstrates tolerance, accountability, and shows moral courage when needed.” Well that describes 99.9% of the people you just labeled “Nationalist.”
I am reminded of Washington’s Farewell Address, in which he warned us to ” resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its, (The Constitution’s,) principles. He also warned us of the dangers of political parties, that one’s blown out of the water, too bad. He also said “The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.” Sacredly obligatory that doesn’t sound like ignore or twist the parts you don’t like.
Last but most importantly, he repeatedly emphasizes that this is a government of the people, and cautions us to watch out for “cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government; destroying afterwards the very engines, which have lifted them to unjust dominion.” It can be strongly argued that most of the out of control bureaucracy found inside the beltway fit’s that description.
High anxiety driven by fear courtesy of Langley = Operation Mockingbird, Operation Paperclip, and MK Ultra. I’ll pray for you Mr. Bossange, I hope you’ll be okay. The State of Vermont has made resources available should you find it hard to cope and manage through these darkest of days. Diddy – Diddy – Diddy
Jeezum! So much low-hanging fruit. Where to start? Let’s go here:
“Nationalism is an ideology unto itself, which is based on the premise that an individual’s loyalty and devotion to a nation outweigh and surpasses other individual or group interests.”
Take out “individual or group interests” and replace it with “other countries’ interests”, “globalist interests”, “NATO (or WHO or UN etc) interests”. Then you have my definition. In short, America First (and Second, and Third, and…). We need to clean up our own mess instead of contributing to the messes of others.
Have you seen the Harris signs with the slogan “We aren’t going back”? Here’s what I’d put on my (Nationalist Populist) sign:
Yeah, we ARE going back:
Back to borders.
Back to a lawful process to enter our country.
Back to enforcing laws.
Back to funding our police.
Back to peace at home.
Back to no wars abroad.
Back to hope. For everyone.
Back to dreams. Also for everyone.
Back to honoring one Creator, regardless of your religion.
Back to low (or no) interest rates.
Back to prosperity.
Back to personal integrity, accountability, and responsibility.
Back to schools that produce graduates we can be proud of.
Back to the gold standard.
Back to no inflation.
Back to one day when we, citizens only, vote.
Back to manufacturing everything from steel to medicines. Here.
Back to treating everyone equally under the law.
Back to merit-based advancement and no DEI, ESG, or QRSTUVWhatever.
Back to chemical-free food and skies.
Back to no government surveillance.
Back to responsibility for our own healthcare decisions.
Back to no Omnibus Bills.
Back to a true Democratic Republic.
Back to a government of, by, and for We The People.
Back to the First Amendment.
Back to the Second Amendment.
Back to the entire f****** Constitution!
And if we have to, back all they way to 1776.
But we can go forward too:
Forward to paper ballots, voter ID, and a National Voting Holiday.
Forward to zero-point energy.
Forward to space.
Forward to releasing all the hidden patents and technologies.
Forward to crystal clear streams, lakes, oceans, and skies.
Forward to truth. No matter how bad it tastes.
Forward to term limits for all elected offices.
Forward to eliminating the CIA, NSA, TSA, FBI, and [insert favorites here].
Forward to eliminating NGOs, lobbyists, and career bureaucrats..
And forward to 45.
Obviously, way too big for even a dozen signs, but feel free to add to either list.
If our Constitution was followed to the letter there could never be a dictator or king running our country, only the people. What party is it that wants to be rid if the 1st Amendment, the 2nd Amendment, the 4th Amendment. Just look at the statements that Hillary has made recently about putting punishments on speech and Kamala’s recently dug up statement about going into houses to check what weapons you have.
You are not a patriot if you don’t uphold and defend the Constitution, you are a domestic enemy.
RON PAUL: “If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S. membership in the UN; no gun control; and no foreign aid. We would have no welfare for big corporations. Or the “poor”; no American troops in 100 foreign countries; no NAFTA, GAT or” fast track”; no arrogant federal judges usurping states’ rights; no attacks on private property; no income tax. We would get rid of most agencies and most of the budget. The government would be small, frugal and limited”.
Antonin Scalia: “The Constitution is not a living organism, it’s a legal document, and it says what it says, and it doesn’t say what it doesn’t say”.
“Antonin Scalia: “The Constitution is not a living organism, it’s a legal document, and it says what it says, and it doesn’t say what it doesn’t say”.”
I love that quote!
The commentors on this site are awesome. This format is awesome for allowing free speech. Guy thank you, I don’t know if you realize how much is censored in this state, the article on front porch forum is just the very, very beginning.
I want to be unburdened by what has been the last 3years…..
United we stand for America first.
The writer refers to the “32” amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Sorry, but there are only 27. Know your constitution.
With every passing day I see the Trump republicans making more sense and the democrats making so much less. Choosing who is the best qualified for president this year is so easy.