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Wes Moore: “There has been a larger bastardization of this idea of…”

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Why is patriotism so…WEIRD? With Governor Wes Moore

Published | Video Starts at 04:07

You ever drive through a neighborhood and you see a ton of flags, like, should I be in this neighborhood right now? Yeah. And it's not Fourth of July. That's right. That's right. Why do I feel that? Well, I think There has been a larger bastardization of this idea of patriotism. I think about the history of my family where, you know, my grandfather was the first one of my mom's side of the family born in this country and was born down in South Carolina. (04:07–04:12)

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Asserts that the concept of patriotism has been distorted.

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