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- noun Plural form of
patriot .
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The document regularly invokes the term patriots and "rejects the insidious tyranny and usurpation of our rights by government at all levels."
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To call them patriots is the highest insult to the rest to real patriots.
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DNFP (powered by the Stirling Engine ™) says: bizzarobrain – patriots and terrorists both fight for an ideology which has never actually existed nor succeeded in the real World, that was my point.
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DNFP (powered by the Stirling Engine ™) says: bizzarobrain – patriots and terrorists both fight for an ideology which has never actually existed nor succeeded in the real World, that was my point.
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When others march to illegal, unjustified, or premature wars, they are called "patriots" and "defenders of democracy."
Warren J. Blumenfeld: The True Patriot Warren J. Blumenfeld 2011
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She describes herself on her Web site as "a tea party activist who hates big government, high taxation, socialism, and government bailouts; but she knows that the number one duty of true patriots is to end the legalized slaughter of unborn babies."
GOP delegate candidate to air graphic anti-abortion ads on D.C. stations Mike DeBonis 2010
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Today, in 1773, patriots from the American colonies held the Boston Tea Party.
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When others march to illegal, unjustified, or premature wars, they are called "patriots" and "defenders of democracy."
Warren J. Blumenfeld: The True Patriot Warren J. Blumenfeld 2011
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And no amount of fear-mongering, or accusations of being lesser patriots, is going to change that. — scootmandubious
Highlights of the Sunday Shows - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Images and footage of the broken windows, burned flags, demolished embassies, and drunken teenage patriots is cruising the world on
Boing Boing 2008
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