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corbettkroehler

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Wed Jul 3, 2019, 04:29 PM Jul 2019

USA Today OpEd: USWNT's Megan Rapinoe is living her patriotism at World Cup. What's your excuse?


Opinion: USWNT's Megan Rapinoe is living her patriotism at World Cup. What's your excuse?

Nancy Armour, USA TODAY

Published 3:40 p.m. ET July 3, 2019

http://usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2019/07/03/world-cup-2019-megan-rapinoe-more-american-those-criticize-her/1641234001

LYON, France -- It’s easy to hang a flag outside your house, stand for the national anthem, don the red, white and blue and tell everyone who will listen how much you love your country.

Actual patriotism, active patriotism, is much harder. It requires acknowledging this country’s flaws and holding it accountable until they’re addressed. It means working to achieve that more perfect union our country’s founders envisioned rather than simply paying lip service to the ideals we supposedly cherish.

America is not easy. At least, it’s not supposed to be. Megan Rapinoe gets that.

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