On Heroism: Forced Troop Worship & Compulsory Patriotism
Hi, The day before the 2014 Veteran’s Day, Salon published an articled titled You don’t protect my freedom: Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes deadens real democracy. Below are some key takeaways: Put a man in uniform, preferably a white man, give him a gun, and Americans will worship him. It is a particularly […]