Patriotic Rhetoric During the first decade of the 21st century, following the 911 attacks on the United States, strong language was thrown about to justify immoral acts. Lies were used to justify war, the killing of civilians, and imprisonment, mistreatment and torture on prisons. This series is about the betrayal of ideals.

Word paintings comprised of phrases from the US pledge of allegiance, its national anthem or the overblown rheteoric of the times, expressing aspirations of morality, justice, freedom, and honor during a period of moral decay.

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