People
I like America, just as everybody else does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged.
— Bob Dylan
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Affection and warning arrive in the same breath here. The speaker professes love for America, says that's only natural, then pivots with a "but" to a promise of judgment. It's a love that doesn't excuse the country from being held accountable for what it does.
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