The British are protesting the gratuitous rewrite of history in “The Patriot,” but there are other reasons to worry about this movie. “Thanks to the sheer raving outrageousness of ‘The Patriot’ – which climaxes with the use of an American flag as a bayonet; which evokes Waco in a scene in which a church-full of militia sympathizers are burned alive by the British; and which peddles a right-wing agenda so outlandish it would make Rambo blush – you’d have to be a flaming, wood-paneled idiot to miss the movie’s politics.” – Toronto Star 07/14/00