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cilla4progress

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2. I put up an American flag for the 1st time ever

Reply to NotAPuppet (Original post)

Mon Nov 16, 2020, 02:25 PM

Nov 2020

that I can recall (maybe once during Obama's presidency).

It flies above my Black Lives matter sign!

I have struggled with patriotism as pseudo nationalism, too. I decided that that I feel patriotic in terms of our land's natural beauty. And then I extended it to our mosaic of cultures!

Not in any rah rah the government sense.

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