Was Hillary Clinton considered not “patriotic” enough by
some? Patriot derives from the
ancient Greek meaning “of one’s fathers”, or originally “father”, hence the
familial word “Pa”.[1]
Greek citizens were first termed patres
and this is carried on by Romans whose senators were considered the “fathers”
of the city.[2] In other words Hillary Clinton was not
considered a viable Presidential “patriot” by enough male voters simply
because she is not a father. Similarly the ‘birther’
movement triumphed by Trump targeted President Obama because his father was
Muslim.
Our police are here to serve and protect, another masculine role in the binary world, and the FBI
Director James Comey’s interference in the American election just 10 days
before the vote, skewed the vote in Donald Trump’s favour, despite Secretary
Clinton being ‘cleared’ a mere two days before November 8. Similarly in Canada the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, unknown to many, tilted the federal election in favour of a
Harper Conservative minority government in 2006, after Liberal Prime Minister
Paul Martin’s Finance Minister Ralph Goodale was investigated – and later
exonerated, but following the vote.
Sadly, Hillary Clinton lost to the Pa’s and Grandpa’s of the
United States, whose “patriotism” was rooted in an ancient – and stubborn - image
of themselves as “fathers of the land.”