Someone who appreciates his or her national heritage and as a result feels committed to upholding their country's fundamental values and morals without taking anything for granted, understanding sacrifices that were necessary throughout history.

In America, patriots in the true sense of the word take advantage of their constitutional rights to free speech and due process in the name of liberty and justice for all, meaning they protest oppressive policies that deprive people of freedom. It also means they allow dissent and equal protection regardless of race, sex, gender orientation, ethnicity, religion, or national origin. Why? Because it's the spirit of the US Constitution, hence the identity of the sweet land of liberty.

Pledging allegiance does not make you a patriot unless you live up to the pledge and stand by your refusal to be a bigot or warmonger, as that's not what the USA is supposed to be about. Saluting a flag doesn't mean you're patriotic unless you actually care that soldiers died to allow for your freedom. A patriot might own a gun legally but millions of them are unarmed since they're brave Americans thereby making it unnecessary, and in fact no patriot would ever use guns to intimidate others.

You're definitely not a patriot if you are a vigilante, a hater, a bully, someone in favor of secession, or if you allow the thought of terrorist attacks or evil-doers in general to change your life or blame innocent people.
Wise Patriot: "Someone who hates Muslims and would deny them of human rights just because of religion is the complete opposite of a patriot, at least in the United States or any other country that doesn't have an absolute dictator"
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This team is the nastiest skank bitch in the NFL. Do not trust them. They are fugly sluts.
"Did you that the Patriots are going to the super bowl this year?
"Yea, I wonder how many footballs they deflated to get there."
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Someone who voted for Trump because "At least he isn't democrat".
Yes, I am a modern-day patriot. I gave in my bumpstocks to the government because I don't really need them and Red Flag laws can't possibly be that bad.
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As of 2016, the word patriot in the United States has come to mean SEDITIONIST or TERRORIST.
“We did break down Nancy Pelosi’s office door, and somebody stole her gavel, and took a picture sittin’ in the chair flipping off the camera, and that was on Fox News, and uh, Patriots got down on the floor and were sitting in the house members and senators chairs…”
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1. a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors (International)
2. a terrorist (United States Modern)
"I am a true American patriot" - idk probably Jake Angeli
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Patriot had the same name as the Patriot Act which randomly searched suspected terrorists and caught some people who had terrorists in their networks.
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