Guest columnist Donald Joralemon: Love it or leave it

Guest columnist Donald Joralemon: Love it or leave it

I was in high school during the tumultuous era of Vietnam War and civil rights protests. I recall a favorite slogan of counter-protesters was “Love it, or leave it,” suggesting that those who opposed the war were un-American and that patriotism demanded blind fealty to the government. Even my developing understanding of a country birthed in revolution led me to ask why challenging policies that were resulting in the loss of countless lives in a …