And I’m not sure I know what dissention is, but I think it means disagreement…

And if that’s the case, I can understand what they mean…

Patriotism isn’t a sheep that follows the flock blindly. The country that we have today (good or bad) was created from TONS of dissention…

There was the whole ‘religious’ issue that caused the pilgrims to move to America in the first place…

There was the issue of slavery that brought the majority of black people to this country…

There was the disagreement between the north and south that formally put an end to slavery…

Between all of the political debates we have in everyday life… Not to mention the official televised ones… It’s a wonder anyone would disagree fully with this statement.. =-\

Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: dis·sen·sion

Variant(s): also dis·sen·tion /di-‘sen(t)-sh&n/

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French discension, from Latin dissension-, dissensio, from dissentire

: DISAGREEMENT; especially : partisan and contentious quarreling

A true patriot will be interested in the inner workings of the government, will be a member of a party & will work to keep that party headed in the right direction.

I’m not so sure we see true dissention these days like Thomas Jefferson was envisioning. I see more of a greed for money or prestige.

Ain’t that it?!