The haters often are the same people who loudly proclaim their “patriotism” — such as by vilifying WNBA star Brittney Griner — even as they valorize the Jan. 6 traitors. They exhort Americans to “back the blue” even while ignoring or obfuscating the fact that roughly 150 police officers were injured as they defended democracy in our nation’s capital. In short, their “patriotism” is fleeting, malleable, oxymoronic, and even contradictory.
