Patriotism and Nationalism

In all honesty, I never considered myself patriotic until the coup attempt that began shortly after the 2020 election and continues today.

I always thought that patriotism was a juvenile and oversimplified approach to a complicated world, and that, more often than not, it lay behind bigotry, hatred, and a refusal to admit and deal with even our most obvious flaws as a people.

Now I really want my country back.  The brush with autocracy we’re experiencing is  far too close to the end of rule of law, and everything else this nation stands for.