The mighty and resilient Merrimack River, carving through the communities of our great region.

My name is Linda Lorden, proud president of Merrimack County Savings Bank, and like the river that serves as our namesake,

where a constant yet ever-changing presence, because to us, it's bigger than banking.

It's about powering communities and putting people first

it's about knowing where you came from and where you're going that's Merrimack

style visit us at the Merrimack.com this is about defending democracy.

This is no longer Democrats versus Republicans.

What do you want your kids to believe in?

There must be given to take.

This is White Flag with Joe Walsh.

Hey, Joe Walsh here. Today, this week's conversation is a conversation that Fred Guttenberg and I had at the University of Pennsylvania a couple weeks ago. Fred and I are on a two dads defending democracy tour. Fred and I disagree on most issues. We most certainly disagree on the gun issue, but we're

traveling the country speaking on college campuses about how damn important it is to disagree respectfully. Man, if America stays on this road where we hate

the people we disagree with, our democracy is in a hell of a lot of trouble. So we got to stop that.

Fred and I took that message to the University of Pennsylvania a couple weeks ago. Two dads defending democracy.

Have a listen.

I think you'll really enjoy this conversation.

Let's start over.

I'm Brian Rosemold.

I'm the director of the Red and Blue Exchange, which is part of the SNF idea program.

We want to thank the Andrew Mitchell Center for the study of democracy and the

Penn Political Union for co-sponsoring this. And we also want to thank the Gamble Family Foundation

and the Stavros and the Arcos Foundation for their funding and support without which this kind of

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