literally i wasn’t celebrating america i was celebrating a nice weather day with a grill out and alcohol with friends. for a lot of people it’s one of the few days off they get so why not go out and enjoy yourself since they are actively taking away joy? trump is probably going to take away holidays anyway so.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong w loving your country but being Explicitly Patriotic has unfortunately been co-opted by the bigots. Like there’s **technically** nothing wrong w flying the American flag on your house but I’m definitely gonna be careful around you until I know you better
Yeah I get what u mean like the ppl who are super patriotic esp rn are usually the maga cult people but at the same time like patriotic liberals exist too yk like some ppl love America rn & then some ppl love what America is SUPPOSED to be, im definitely on the later like i love my country & am so thankful for living here- even tho its IMMENSE fuckery going on at this point in time
Fully agree, plus it’s just the vibe of the holiday. I have Jewish friends who celebrate Christmas with Santa and Christmas trees because fuck it, life is short, why not celebrate a holiday for the hell of it? Everything’s become so commercialized that none of them have any real meaning anymore unless you decide to purposefully include it
As someone from the south, THIS!! Uneducated people arent the enemy!! It’s the system that intentionally keeps people uneducated thats the enemy!! Like, fuck a Trump supporter but at the same time I can recognize that they deserve rights and are oftentimes a product of their environment, primarily the fact that neither they nor anyone in their community has ever received quality education