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I, PATRIOT
I'm as proud of my country as the next patriot.
I am the daughter of two World War II veterans,
...and wife of a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel,
...who has been a Boy Scout leader for almost thirty years.
My son-in-law is a veteran Marine captain who served in Iraq,
...I have a daughter who put college on hold to serve in Americorps,
...and I served as a Department of the Army Civilian in the recreation center of an American army post in Germany.
I am a flag waver, not a flag burner.
Therefore if I am ever critical of my country it's not because I don't love my country, but because I do.
It was because I loved my children that I was strict with them, that I called out their behavior often, that I tried to guide them away from what was wrong and towards what was right and good. It was because I loved my children that I held them to a higher standard.
And so likewise if I protest,
It was because I loved my children that I was strict with them, that I called out their behavior often, that I tried to guide them away from what was wrong and towards what was right and good. It was because I loved my children that I held them to a higher standard.
And so likewise if I protest,
...and march,
...and take the side of those who cry out for racial justice,
...and human rights,
...and human decency,
....it's not me being unpatriotic.
It's me holding my country to a higher standard.
Happy 4th of July!
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