This supplements DemFromCT's current, top-of-the-Front-Page story, comparing the racial, ethnic and all aspects of diversity between the two major parties.
Two days after Invesco Field (that is, this past Saturday), I posted a Story on Left in Alabama mostly about this very subject. This is an abbreviated version of that Story. I invite you to go the full, photo-laden story at Left in Alabama to absorb the whole thing: Two Nights Ago.
More below the fold . . .
Again, the following's excerpted from the Full Story . . .
Patriotism
I walked about in an ocean of patriotism. This was a patriotism that, certainly, waved flags and choked-up (I certainly did) when Michael McDonald sang "America the Beautiful", but it was a patriotism that went much, much deeper than that. It was a patriotism that was not jingoistic, that was not substituting "Nation Worship" for a lack of self-estem, that was not shallow. Rather, the patriotism I saw was born from a passion for the ideals that are, or are supposed to be, embodied and exemplified by our Nation. . .
This throng of Patriots loved the United States with a passion and zeal that I challenge any other group to match. It simply could never be exceeded. And, if I may, the Patriotism I saw at Invesco Field came from a purer, more heartfelt, more intense part of the souls gathered there. I neither saw nor felt the kind of Patriotism that merely wants to "kick ass". On the other hand, I saw that kind of Patriotism that informs an individual to lay down their life, not just for their country in the abstract sense, but for the people they love . . .
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Diversity
There's simply no debating which major party is more ethnically, racially and religiously diverse. It's a given that the Democratic Party is about diversity, which puts it in line with what the United States is: a patchwork of languages, histories, ethnicities, backgrounds, races, mindsets and even biases. This, certainly, causes the Democratic Party to have a tougher road to travel than it's more homogeneous rival. . .
It was simply overwhelming to see such a spectrum of hues and features, a spectrum of colors that makes a rainbow look altogether drab in comparison. This, this, was my country on display in the silver bowl that was Invesco Field that night and it made me proud to share and add my tiny bit of pigmentation and eye color to the mind-boggling mix. . .
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So let Republican Americans do their Pretend Diversity Dog & Pony Song and Dance. Most citizens know which Party looks more like our country.