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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

The Fourth

I hope it is possible today to both celebrate the quest for freedom from tyranny that motivated those revolutionaries of 1776 AND acknowledge their blatantly undeniable flaws and limitations. Keep fighting the good fight for justice and equality, my sisters and brothers, patriots. For a challenging read to counter the shallow jingoism of the day:  Frederick Douglass' speech on the 4th