Tearing down the statue of George Washington is “patriotic” in the same sense that Michelle Obama was “patriotic” when she said that the first time she was proud of her country was when her husband was elected president.
A parent doesn’t love my child because the child is perfect, because then no parent could love the child. But, there are limits to this. At some point you have to let the child go, to hopefully learn in the real world what wasn’t learned at home. The parent then waits, hoping for the return of the child.
Similarly, in marrying, you don’t love your spouse because your spouse is perfect because then nobody could marry. Again, there are limits to this. Adultery, abuse and abandonment are grounds for divorce, although even in such cases sometimes attempts are made to salvage the marriage.
Turning to a country, of course there are limits. But, rejecting George Washington because he falls short of the current standard of politically correct, is beyond reason and reveals hatred of this country.
As Tammy Duckworth finding Joe Biden acceptable but not George Washington reveals partisanship beyond hypocrisy. Joe Biden is a bad-mannered sonuvabitch, up to his elbows in lying, cheating, plagiarism, bending and breaking the rules, and corrupt to the core. Biden brought his good-for-nothing son Hunter on official visits to other countries so Hunter could secure giant payoffs. Both of Biden’s brothers traded on his name. Biden pulled strings to get Hunter and who knows who else into know show jobs. And, Biden was in cohoots with Obama using the intelligence agencies to spy on political enemies.
Joe Biden has numerous racist incidents in his past from threatening to lynch Corn Pop with a link of chain to campaign on his stance against busing to chumming up to segregationist in the Democrat Party while he was in congress etc...
Brothers and wife, Jill.