
Ricky and Dicky – Pretender Patriotism
Author’s Note: In the media, and indeed general political discourse today, everyone seems to think there is only one correct opinion which coincidentally is practically always the one they hold themselves. So in this series I will be examining some hot button topics in political discourse today and argue the merits of both sides of the case—with Ricky arguing the more Republican position and naturally Dicky taking the Democrats’ side. My aim isn’t to proclaim that one side doesn’t necessarily have a stronger case than the other, or that there is something at all problematic with believing that your party has the superior argument, but rather to suggest that perhaps the fact that someone thinks differently than you doesn’t mean that they are automatically, unequivocally irredeemable and deserve to be








