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UNLOCKED: (Episode 58): Ilhan Omar and the Patriotism Question
Episode 70
Published 6 years, 8 months ago
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For the free episode this week, we are UNLOCKING a bonus episode from back in April on Ilhan Omar and Patriotism. We are doing this for unfortunately timely reasons, in light of Trump's bigoted, xenophobic attacks that then were amplified by a chanting crowd at his rally soon thereafter.
In this discussion from the bonus episode archives, we discuss the ongoing conservative hate campaign against Ilhan Omar, and then turn to the question of patriotism -- is there anything worth salvaging in the concept? Starting with this brilliant lecture "Is Patriotism a Virtue?" from Alasdair MacIntyre, we bring in Kant, Rawls, Charles Mills, and Kurt Vonnegut.