Love of country means holding America to its ideals

Patriotism is not blind praise. To love America is not to deny its failures, but to believe its ideals are still worth defending.

In this week’s “This Matters,” Bill Britt examines what love of country really means in a nation founded not on ancestry, language, or culture, but on an idea.

Because criticism is not always the opposite of love. Sometimes, it is how a country becomes more fully itself.

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