The Importance of Being Loyal

During World War I, public discourse very quickly defined a new clear dichotomy between the righteous people of the US and the bestial German hunt. Tolerance was out the window. 27 South Dakota farmers were convicted for sending a petition to the government objecting to the draft and calling the conflict a capitalist war. In northeastern Wisconsin, a bartender was heralded as a patriot for assaulting a patron who spoke ill of the army. Some familiar elements to what we hear about Russia today.