I’m not sure if I’ll be able to figure out a way to fly a flag from my apartment, but I’d urge any of you who are able to, to display an American flag on the 20th. I’ll be attending the screening of the inauguration that UC Berkeley will be hosting Sproul Plaza, a block from where we gathered to celebrate on election night. Patriotism shouldn’t belong solely to one half a fraction of the country:
Spontaneous patriotism was the reaction to Obama’s victory for many in neighborhoods where displays of Tibetan nationalism had been more common than its American equivalent.