I believe most citizens of the United States today have a understanding of civic virtue but do not have an enduring action of civic virtue. Civic virtue is the righteous behavior of a person’s involvement in their community. It is a very important part to a structured community. People with civic virtue have characteristics that help them become a better person to their community. Some Americans share common civic values that include a sense of responsibility, justice to the people in their community, have personal perseverance, feel the need to be respected, and are resourceful. Many people have righteous behavior but do not follow it with enduring actions that help their community. They care more about their family, friends, and economic interest.
In my opinion, I agree with the quote,” In the wake of crisis, commentators and news analysts have said the citizens of the United Sates are at their best when events are at their worst.” During the Las Vegas shootings, people helped each other out, even when they were still in danger. For example, when the shooting was happening people picked up injured people and protected them while taking them under the stage. Another example, was when people put their fingers in bullet wounds to stop the bleeding and they were not concerned with blood disease because they cared more about helping the person than themselves. In addition, people with trucks they picked up as many injured people and put them in their truck and drove them to the hospital. These people did not care about blood on their truck or getting shot at they just wanted to get the injured people to safety. These examples show how citizens of the United Sates are at their best when events are at their worst.
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In my opinion, most citizens of the United States will not continue to demonstrate civic virtue and patriotism on a daily basis. Today many people only care about their personal lives. People are mostly concerned with how much money they earn and what they can buy. Civic virtue is our responsibility of our citizenship which means we have to follow rules we don’t like to protect our community and to be fair to one another even when we don’t win or get what we want. Patriotism means citizens displaying devotion to their country, including devotion to the fundamental values and principles from our Bill of Rights and Constitution. I think it is important to respect and salute our flag because it represents our country as one whole group. For example, when students burned the American flag because they did not like what happened with the government after the election. They have free speech but I think they are not being a patriot when they burn our flag. They can share anger in other ways.
Another example of how most citizens of the United States will not continue to demonstrate civic virtue and patriotism on a daily basis is when they don’t help strangers out in their neighborhood. I hear people honk horns, yell, flip people off, many people don’t vote, many people don't go to community meetings, and I see people ignoring homeless and very poor people. My dad ran out in a busy street to help a man on a motorcycle who was hit by a car. He had to yell at another person to put their car in front of him because cars were speeding by him and the injured man in the street. People don’t seem to care they only care about their life. People speed down my street in the evening going very fast everyday. They should not be driving fast down a residential street. We tell them to slow down there are kids that live on this street. One day a man got made at us. Are they really in that big of a rush to risk some child’s life. These are everyday examples of how people care more about their family, friends, and economic interest. If they care would they slow down and follow the rules that are there to protect the community.
In conclusion, most citizens of the United States today have a understanding of civic virtue but do not have an enduring action of civic virtue. I hope people change and stop being so selfish and think of what is good for the community. I agree with the quote,” In the wake of crisis, commentators and news analysts have said the citizens of the United Sates are at their best when events are at their worst.” I hope people will practice their best behavior more often. Even though I think most citizens of the United States will not continue to demonstrate civic virtue and patriotism on a daily basis, I believe we can learn why patriotism is important to our community. Hopefully this will make a change in us.
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