Flag. Football. Who Gets To Decide What’s Patriotic?

Flag. Football. Who Gets To Decide What’s Patriotic?

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What started out as a protest of police brutality has morphed into a clash of cultures. The president wants people to make a choice: cops vs. criminals, hard hats against the hippies. But it should be possible to rally around the national anthem and exercise our First Amendment rights. So, who gets to define patriotism and what it means to be patriotic?