I stopped being patriotic when I grew up and realized...you know what, the government isn't actually about the people.
Take a shit on the flag for all I care. The blow hard patriots are the same ones who guzzle beer at ballgames and get teary eyed during the anthem. Same ones who believe there is no way the US could ever be the bad guy in any situation.
The US kills more civilians a year than most countries....by far. All for "freedom". haha Dumb Americans are smart enough to believe this.
I don't mind patriotism, its the HYPER patriotism that is annoying, i.e., my country is the best country, my country never does anything wrong, my country is always right. You have to love the hyper patriots who actually think that America has never ever killed innocent people lol.

People always say, "America would never kill innocent people" Sure lol.