When does patriotism become jingoism? When does standing together for national solidarity in the face of crisis (or even as part of our normal, political system) become group-think lock-step us-against-them xenophobia?
I’ve been fortunate enough not to witness much of this so far. Most of the people I’ve heard commenting on Red Tuesday has been angry, dismayed, etc., but most have also had a sense of level-headedness, of not wanting to act wrongly, precipitously, not tarring another people with one brush, not proposing violence and bloodshed of innocents to match what has been done to us.
Fortunate because I suspect my blood pressure has already been running high, and I hardly need a stroke at this point.
We have an American flag flying in front of the house. It will be up there at least through the weekend.