I was talking to one of my friends and he mentioned staying home on July 4, citing how there are a lot of really ugly things going on in the US.
After thinking about this myself, I’m starting to feel the same way. Instead of being proud of the country, I’m feeling like I’m just another wallet that companies and the government are trying to suck all the money out of.
The cost of living is going up, the housing market is a nightmare, I don’t feel very confident in our government at all, the job market is a nightmare…
I think I’ll be staying home this year too… anyone else?
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Aww. Please celebrate - don’t give the orange turd the satisfaction of destroying yet more American culture. Also, I won’t be happy posting my favourite annual meme:
But celebrate what? The opening of our concentration camps and the country’s fall to the stupidest dictator imaginable? I suppose we could drink to the ashes…
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I’ll celebrate a day I don’t have to go to work
I’m going out to a march on the 4th of July. We’re protesting for independence from America
The ONLY reason I give a shit about July 4th this year is that it’s a long weekend and the last chance we’ll have to spend with family before we move out of state in two weeks.
I’m even glad it’s supposed to rain the entire time, so I won’t even feel pressured to celebrate with fireworks!
I get double pay for the holiday, yay!
Me, but not from USA, so…
Sounds like a great day for a false flag attack to solidify the masses against a perceived threat.
I’m not doing anything for the forth. Fuck America, I am not celebrating my country, because my country wants me dead. Fuck em.
I’m feeling patriotic enough to burn US flags and I’m not even from the US!
I’m not celebrating patriotism. I’m celebrating a 3 day weekend.
I grew up with smart parents. We were never patriotic, this country has sucked for decades
Crossing my fingers for the local firework display barge catch fire in the bay. I just want a fun omen.
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Considering I dont live in the US, yes
Not American. But I don’t even know when my country’s national day is. I know there’s one because they always do a military parade with the king and always something goes wrong, and we laugh about it. But I can even tell what day it is until I see it on the news.
You have a good king/gov if they arent bashing swallow patriotism into your skull in school… where are you from?
Spain.
King is a moron, but happily he is just politically powerless.
I mean, there is that kind of nationalism patriots here. We have our share of people talking about “bringing back the spanish empire” or “bring back Franco”. And they surely obsess about national day. I just don’t care.
Heh, I was thinking the same, didn’t know exactly when the day was. So maybe we indeed have something going on for ouselves.
Con todo el enriedo con separatistas qué hay en España hubiera esperado un mayor empuje nacionalista en las escuelas… bien por españa. Acá en Argentina es así, nacionalismo ciego y revisionismo en las escuelas, pero revisionismo selectivo. Un maldito asco.
Traer de vuelta a Franco? Es joda? Pensé que era re contra taboo. Acá a veces se dice “con videla estábamos mejor” pero es más en chiste para decir que hay que mandar todo a la mierda… (espero)
Igual, hagan lo que quieran, yo les tengo un amor ciego a ustedes…
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Algo ha habido pero no tanto como pudieras imaginar. También yo siempre he hecho oidos sordos, así que igual hay más de lo que yo he visto.
Pero lo de Franco, por desgracia sí, mucha gente dice la frase típica “con Franco estábamos mejor”. Algunos lo dicen enserio, otros para molestar. Pero es preocupante. Sobre todo cuando se escucha entre los más jóvenes.
I’ve never celebrated the 4th of July because I’ve been patriotic, I’ve done it because it’s fun. When I stopped believing in God I didn’t stop celebrating Christmas. In the same way Christmas is about gifts and seeing family, the 4th of July is about fireworks and seeing friends.
