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When shooting this, I saw the reversed flag against the vivid blue sky, a clear sign of the uphill work of protecting our freedoms and holding us together.
The colors feel bold and honest, the motion steady and determined. The voice here is a call to keep that spirit alive. What do you notice first?
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"True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else."
Clarence Darrow
It is not “cheap nationalism” to love your country, respect your flag, sing your anthem, or honour the people who fought and died for the freedoms and traditions many now take for granted.
What is deeply embarrassing is the sneering contempt aimed at ordinary people who still feel pride in their nation. Patriotism is not hatred.
What do you think?

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Story (1905-02-02), “The Czar’s Soliloquy,” North American Review, Vol. 180, No. 580 (1905-03)
More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/17044/
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Protesting and No Kings is great, but,...
Why don;t we put that energy into boycotts of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, DirectTV/Dishnetwork, Google and the companies that are funding Fascism in America.
Want more? Research who the biggest donors to Republican Senators are.
Who is the biggest corporation in each of their states?
That is how you stop this crime train.