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A Warped View of Patriotism on Pat Tillman

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2024
Anyone who has passed through the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape.
– William Hazlitt, The Ignorance of the Learned [1821]

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April 24, 2024
A Warped View of Patriotism on Pat Tillman
A recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times demonstrates what is a warped interpretation of the term “patriotism.” The op-ed is about former football player Pat Tillman, who was killed in Afghanistan twenty years ago. It’s written by Bill Dwyre, a former sports editor for the Times. Dwyre reminds us that Tillman was motivated to join the military after the …
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