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Selective Gratitude | Accidental Education: Reality Lab

Selective Gratitude | Accidental Education: Reality Lab

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This week on Accidental Education Reality Lab, Tom looks at the immigration and marriage fraud allegations surrounding Ilhan Omar and offers his prediction about where the controversy ends. He’s not a betting man, but he doesn’t see prison time in her future. Washington produces plenty of hearings. The season finale tends to be a strongly worded letter.

Then the conversation turns to the vandalized Iwo Jima statue near Quantico, where the figure depicting Corporal Harlon Block was beheaded. It’s a sickening image, especially alongside a week of arguments about LeBron James rehearsing his golf swing during the national anthem and the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries remaining in their locker rooms during the anthem at the WNBA Finals.

Apparently, finding time for gratitude now requires coordination between your publicist, your stretching coach, and your short-game instructor.Tom’s take: disagree with the government. Dislike the president. This country gives you plenty of material. But the people who sacrificed before you weren’t auditioning for your political approval. You can recognize America’s flaws and still respect the people who helped preserve the freedom to criticize it—while earning a fortune playing a game.

A little perspective shouldn’t require a congressional subpoena. And surely the imaginary nine-iron can stay in the imaginary bag until the song is over.


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