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caycehill: Does watching the Olympics turn you into a patriot? I couldn’t help it. I was watching the US Volleyball team matched in a close game against Turkey while waiting for my plane to board at MSP. I held my breathe as they struggled to keep a solid lead, and erupted into celebration when they finally made the winning play. And then everyone around me was cheering and fist pumping and clinking beer glasses and I realized we had all felt like we’d achieved something just then - all together with our hopes, dreams, and prayers and whatever else we Americans do to make ourselves feel like we accomplished something too. We did it, Team U-S-A!! You just gotta believe (or wear your patriotism whenever you can, as gold-medal gymnast Ali Raisman does so well above). Well, I don’t believe in patriotism. Sure, it’s a concept some savvy politicians invented during the first world war, and it’s a great marketing tool! But it’s a tool’s tool, just like the Olympics, that pits us in some big gaunlet against each other - nation against nation - to see who the best truly is. In China’s case, we might as well call it the Hunger Games… But is the US really so different? Or the rest of the world, for that matter? Ok, ok… So I LOVE the Olympics, and I’ve never shied away from a little friendly competition - but I just can’t seem to reconcile the facts with the feelings. I suppose it’s called being brainwashed… Thank London it’s almost over.

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jasonthepuertorican: USA We Got Gold Again!

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whitedevilblog: ‘Merica

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