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By Dejarelle Gaines

Politics and religion were two things that my mother, a veteran of over 22 years in the U.S. army,  was never openly vocal about. She would give hints to her political leanings in everyday situations such as a phone conversation with my extremely radical liberal uncle or her almost religious recording of Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” but otherwise these topics weren’t discussed. It wasn’t until my senior year of high school when I was taking AP Government that I thought to ask my mom what her political views were.

Continue reading “A Differing in Opinions: Military Brats On Politics, Their Parents, and the 2016 Election”

 

“My vote and my support are two completely different things,” Mark Machuzick says. The 24 year old from Minnetonka, Minnesota, now living in Washington D.C., speaks about the 2016 election with punctuated sighs. “I’m not voting for Hillary, I’m voting against Trump,” he explains.

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Earlier this month, an incident on University of Minnesota’s campus illustrated just how the current state of affairs rouses strong feelings on both sides of the campaign line. During the U’s annual “Paint the Bridge” event, where student groups on campus paint murals to demonstrate their mission and promote their community, the College Republicans caused quite an uproar. Their mural read “Build the Wall,” next to a banner advocating for Trump/Pence 2016. Within 24 hours, members of students groups promoting multiculturalism spray painted over the mural with the message “Stop White Supremacy,” an act considered by many authorities on campus, including President Eric Kaler, to be vandalism.

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“If this country disgusts you so much, leave.”

Tomi Lahren, online political commentator, has taken any form of protest to mean disdain for America as a whole.

Political and civil protests have been shaking up the American political climate more frequently in recent times. Police brutality, racism, and inequality have spurred national movements and coalitions to form in order to address and protest these issues and others. Some people opposed to these demonstrations have called into question the protesters’ “patriotism” and their loyalty to their nation.

Continue reading “Patriotism and Protest: Can they Coexist?”