crowd randomly shouting "USA" at this music festival feeling weirdly jingoistic and scary. why does patriotism only manifest in these ways?
American patriotism is, in principle, different from all other forms, because to be an American is to believe in certain ideas.
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Love of America is really love of those ideas -- the political and moral principles that define the nation and unite its people.
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I would suggest that such persons as Fred Korematsu are the exemplars of American patriotism we most want to keep in mind.
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