On this July 4, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that God must single out America to be blessed.
Is not nationalism -- that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder -- one of the great evils of our time, along with racism, along with religious hatred?
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Depressing blame the victim piece. Author cherry picks American history looking for bad stuff, and totally omitting the good things. America created democracy, freed the slaves, created a free market economy that made its citizens wealthy, crushed the Nazis, went to the moon, and prevented nuclear war with the Soviets. I'm proud of these accomplishments, and I have a right to wave my flag, and sing patriotic songs, especially on the 4th of July.
