41. What Is Patriotism

Today in America there is a lot of disagreement about what it means to be and act in ways that display patriotism. In this episode, Adrian and Austin seek to define patriotism and what it means to be patriotic. We look at George Orwell's definition and dig into an article that asks whether or not Trump is a patriot. Finally, we discuss how our perspective effects how we view situations and ideas as patriotic or not. Here is the article referenced in this episode. 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/07/the-unpatriotic-nationalism-of-donald-trump/565607/

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