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Gee, I wonder which party he usually votes for and supports?
A professor at Marquette University said he feels "anxious" whenever he sees the American flag.
"I also get a little bit anxious around the excessive imagery of the flag in part because in my experience, patriotism quickly slips into nationalism," associate professor of philosophy at Marquette Dr. Grant Silva said in an interview published on Flag Day.
"Especially the simplistic version of patriotism, the flag waving, my country love it or leave it kind of attitude. That is just a hop, skip and a jump away from becoming nationalism," he said.
The American flag signifies something different for people of color, according to Silva, who recalled traveling with his family and encountering a more intense and brutal sense of patriotism.
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