How will you know what country you are in without a reminder? Why do you think there should be one? Should there be flag poles of lesser height to honor the countries of our fellow Villagers from Canada, UK, Mexico, Philippines, Korea etc? Maybe a few Florida flags and certainly we might consider a Sumter county flag as that is the government actually picking up a chunk of the cost of the entertainment. And a flag for each branch of the military and a rainbow flag honoring our sexual identity diversity, and both a black lives matter and a blue one too.
And they should start each concert with a rousing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, and after a break maybe throw in the Kate Smith version of God Bless America.
Yes I jest, sort of. But I don't need to see a flag at every venue to be a patriot or to believe in the best version of America.
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Men plug the dikes of their most needed beliefs with whatever mud they can find. - Clifford Geertz
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