American-Manifesto.com In Defense of American Exceptionalism

Cynthia Tucker (of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution) had a piece published in today's Inquirer trying to address the question of whether dissent is patriotic.  Her answer: yes.  My answer: sometimes.

I'm not one of those people that says criticism of the country is inherently wrong but I don't buy the generic argument that dissent is patriotic either.  [...]

I realize that people of a left leaning persuasion often take great offense when their patriotism is questioned but a recent story provides yet another example of how they practically invite such questions.   

Legislation meant to strengthen U.S. anti-propaganda laws recently passed the house and included a prohibition on "any form of communication in [...]