Sep 24, 2020

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Agree, or Leave

A country built for protest, yet seemingly beyond reproach

Photo courtesy of Jorge Alcala, Unsplash.

“If you don’t like it, then why don’t you just leave?”

It’s a phrase we’ve all heard before, once uttered by elementary school children, and now the rallying response of the conservative American right.

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She/Her. @StillhousePress founding editor, marketing maven, creative writer, book fiend, kitty lover, ardent traveler, sommelier, yogi socialist.

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