Old ways of thinking about patriotism are out of tune!  Dr. David Farmer talks about taking the old tune, modulating it, and ending up with a new key for how we live out our patriotism as twenty-first century US Americans.  Some thoughts and acts just can't be patriotic, no matter who thinks them or puts them into practice.  Healthy patriotism, which is in very short supply and rarely seen, may be all that can save this nation.  Old so-called patriotism is killing us, literally.  I'm a white guy who keeps saying:   Black Lives Matter, and that's one part of the new key.

All visible reminders of slavery need to be gone, but such acts will not remove the lingering effects of prejudice.

Swat the SWATters, nonviolently

Police murder of George Floyd. Black Lives Matter. Barr attack on peaceful DC protesters. Hunker in the Bunker Trump. Trump using a Bible the Obamas left at the White House for his antic at St John’s Episcopal Church. Severe slam of Trump by General Mattis and other Constitutional patriots. Racism detected in the socioreligious DNA of this nation at its birth.

The Ethics of Reopening, part 2