“Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.” – Oscar Wilde
I’ve always loved Wilde because his sentences are small and always on point. I’ve read everything he’s published that I have had access to, and in quoting him I am going to ask you to check your definition of patriotism at the door and think about what freedom really means.
Technical difficulties prevented me from getting online this morning so I thought I’d share just a few notes before I get back to my regular version of The Rundown tomorrow. Normally I’d just wait, but I have been bothered all day by the MLB boycott nonsense, something I’ll touch more on tomorrow.