I was in Nassau, Bahamas last week, and they are getting ready to celebrate 40 years of independence. Everyone was wearing the flag, and the colors of the flag, unembarrassed at the open displays of patriotism. I noted to a waitress that it was refreshing to be in a country in which people were not made to feel embarrassed by their opinion-setters about expressing their patriotism. I explained that our intellectual “leaders” try to make us feel like a bunch of neanderthals for being patriotic. She was shocked.
I can believe that