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Nike’s Betsy Ross flag freak-out shows moral inconsistency of left dailysign.al/2FOrhRM via @JarrettStepman @DailySignal
Not long ago the American left chafed at the suggestion they hated America or didn’t feel patriotic. Yet today that’s an open position for many on the left, with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying, “America was never that great,” and NY Times opining “The U.S. is really just O.K.”
No surprise there...For generations, our schools have morphed from being institutions aimed at transmitting citizenship and patriotism into engines of un-assimilation. Our media and popular culture institutions portray love of country as inherently racist and xenophobic.
The only time to be proud of one’s country, it seems, is when progressives are doing well at the ballot box or are in the White House—which is precisely the opposite of what genuine patriotism should be.
It’s a wonder that such efforts at teaching nonpatriotism have left any resistance. However, reactions to this latest move by Nike shows how there is a potent and growing element of opposition to corporate virtue signaling—and there very well may be a financial price to pay.
