# HurricaneDitka, you are just so full of shit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 20, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricaneditka-you-are-just-so-full-of-shit/791699 "2017-07-20T04:35:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricaneditka-you-are-just-so-full-of-shit/791699/7 "2017-07-20T08:17:23Z")
> [@Why are Republicans generally more patriotic than Democrats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-republicans-generally-more-patriotic-than-democrats/791627/157): > > I’m not trying to get you to admit or agree to anything. I wanted to hear some Dopers thoughts on why this poll came out the way it did. And it’s been interesting so far. We’ve gotten responses all the way from “[The liberal response is- fuck that shit. If that is the definition of patriotism, then call be proud not to be patriotic.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20356582#post20356582)” to “[It’s Democrats who more embody the actual love of country, and the people in it, that the word patriotism properly signifies.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20355403#post20355403)” and all sorts of perspectives in between. It’s surprised me how many people argued that patriotism isn’t / can’t be defined, and I honestly expected more replies along the lines of **Ravenman** ’s and less quibbling. This is how I read the thread as well, and I find this pitting to be small potatoes indeed. The quibbling misses the point of the thread. The worst you can say about this thread is that **HurricaneDitka** did a poor job of explaining his thoughts in the OP, and a bunch of pedants jumped on him as a result. In polls, democrats regularly identify themselves as less patriotic than republicans. There’s an interesting discussion to be had about why that is. It would have been nice to have that discussion, instead of turning it into yet another tribe signalling exercise - “No, the poll is biased, you’re interpreting it wrong, blah blah blah”. All valid points, all utterly _uninteresting_ and missing the point of the thread. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hurricaneditka-you-are-just-so-full-of-shit/791699)._