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When patriotism becomes extremism

My best friend since childhood joined a militia group and keeps talking about 'real patriots' and 'saving America' and I don't recognize the person I grew up with or the country he thinks he's protecting.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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She's watching someone she loves transform patriotism into something she finds frightening, questioning whether they ever shared the same values.

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