Patriotism isn't worship. It's thinking
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As America celebrates/observes/ignores 250 years of independence from a king, while being governed a man who would be one, I have been thinking about patriotism.
What does it mean to love your country? Is it different from nationalism (I believe it is)? Can you love your country and tell the truth about it? Does patriotism require the suspension of thinking — or is it, in fact, a contact sport for the conscious brain?
Here at The Ink, we have spent almost six years bringing you ideas, provocations, interviews, essays, and more to help you come to your own views on these and other questions. We have been deeply invested in the question of America now, and what other Americas might rise in the future. And we think patriotism means thinking.
Below is some of what we’ve shared over these years with bearing on these questions.
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