I think there is something to be said for hyper-nationalism that is unsettling. I’m a veteran and I don’t understand the idol worship of the American Flag. I fully grasp the symbolism just not the idolatry.

I served and I’m not putting a flag on anything! It’s a symbol for a thing that we’ve not yet achieved. People fly flags like we’re already the land of the free and get pissed when someone points out we’re not. As if flying the flag is what you do when you don’t want to have to work for a more perfect union or you…