A car passed by me the other day with a sign in the window of the driver’s side rear door. It had a large American flag in it with the words “United we stand!” United we stand. Obviously the other part of that is that divided we fall. It seems to imply lately that if you are against the war, just shut the hell up and take one for the team, or you will undo everything that has been done up to now.
The sweet mystery of democracy demands that all of our views be heard. A definition of tyranny is that voices of dissention are suppressed by a cruel, unreasonable, or arbitrary use of power or control.
So to those who are attempting to use patriotism to shame others into compliance, I say, our democracy demands that we all contribute our perspective to the mix, and use reason and restraint to guide our path.
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