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The Patriotic Progressive

Rachel Wayne

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I’ve heard it again and again. I’m not patriotic because I’m a “liberal.” I “hate my country.” I don’t support Trump, so I must not support America.

And I’m sick of it.

This Independence Day, like every Independence Day, I think a lot about what the USA, my birth country, means to me. Like many schoolchildren, I was raised with a daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. I loved Roland…

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Rachel Wayne

Artist/anthropologist/activist writing about art, media, culture, health, science, enterprise, and where they all meet. Join my list: http://eepurl.com/gD53QP