"Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit.'" — Bill Maher

Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.

I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?