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Honestly it's hard to even get in the mood. Everything related to the 4th this year feels like satire.
I haven’t felt patriotic since the 90s. Every 4th feels like I’m surrounded by deluded people.
Yeah, patriotism always felt fucking weird as a kid growing up in the 90s.
I've been pretty ashamed of my country for a long time.
9/11 ruined it for me, specifically the “proud to be an American”, flag on cars garbage—while we passed the Patriot act and started more wars.
Call it what it is: nationalism. I've been weirded out by it since I stopped saying the pledge of allegiance in elementary school.
Fun fact: the pledge was created as part of a campaign to sell more flags to schools.
Celebrating a day breaking away from a king in a year, we return to a king, very infuriating.