The last patriotism got squeezed out of me a good decade ago.
I could give two shits about this holiday.
this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2025
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Why feel patriotic for a country that literally stole/claimed what wasn't theirs to being with? Never felt such a thing for this so called "first world".
Whose was it? At what point in history was ownership established and why was it not the previously displaced people's instead? How long does it take to establish ownership, and what means are justified to do so? Who exactly is the United States anyway?
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As if there was a reason to celebate that cancer country any other year
I don't know if I ever did but I certainly don't now.
I just want my day off so I can have morning sex with my partner and set fireworks off with my kids.
Feeling patriotic towards a country of traitors.
US best values have been lost long time ago.
This is all I've talked about at work.
What are we supposed to take pride in specifically?
I suppose pride in our resilience--there is great potential to learn from our repetitious failures surely
I'm gonna be drunk enough to quiet the fireworks. Every 4th in LA, it's like a war zone.
I'm kinda the opposite, but I have the same reasons. I love where I live, I just wish they'd do better and I do what I can to help. I don't need to wave a flag, people can see where I stand by what I do. If that's not patriotism I don't know what is.
Yeah I am sitting here in my shitting rotting trailer that I own thinking to myself fuck America.
Yup.