Letters From The Wasteland

Letters From The Wasteland

A Note On Patriotism

I saw this reaction to the final night of the Democratic National Convention. I like a lot of the insights from Mr. Ahmed, a local writer…

Thad Zajac
Jul 29, 2016
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I saw this reaction to the final night of the Democratic National Convention. I like a lot of the insights from Mr. Ahmed, a local writer of some note, but this bothers me, and the traction it gained bothered me too.

This isn’t political. Love of country does not have a party stamp on it, nor should we be ashamed to love our country. We may all disagree …

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