Are you canceling plans for the 4th?

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Anonymous wrote:We will celebrate this year as any other year. If you dislike the US so much, please move. I am first generation American and I know the sacrifices my parents made to get us here. America is still the best country in the world, regarding of what the media spin is this week.

If you really loved this country you would be grieving with the rest of us.

I was born here and won’t leave because this is my country and I still believe what were American values. Daughter of a career military dad who was a strong advocate for individual rights and separation of church and state.

You get out- there are a lot of other countries where woman have no rights, seems like your ideal! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We will celebrate this year as any other year. If you dislike the US so much, please move. I am first generation American and I know the sacrifices my parents made to get us here. America is still the best country in the world, regarding of what the media spin is this week.

You do not know this. It might be the best country you've been in but just because that is the case, and your parents sacrificed to get here, does not mean the US is the best country in the world. You have become arrogant. Sad.

I think pp was expressing an opinion. You know like most people do on this forum. If pp thinks this is the best country in the world, great! Of course it's not a fact. PP has a point though that many do think we are in the greatest country in the world. Why else would people literally sacrifice their lives to get here? Check out the 46 people who were found dead in a semi in TX today. Horrific. I'm not saying this is the best country but perspective is everything. People risk their lives to live here so they can attain freedoms/opportunities that they'd never have in their own countries. America is not perfect but it sure has a lot going for it.

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[Anonymous]

Ever since ‘America first’ became a thing I’ve dialed back from
flags and overt signs of patriotism. I don’t stand for what this country was built on but I do believe in what we can become.

This SCOTUS thing? This is the conservatives last stand. All you have to do is hang out with America’s youth and see that this shit won’t fly much longer. Our kids are much more inclusive, loving, and tolerant than any previous generation.

I’ll celebrate the Heck out of the America they create!

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Anonymous wrote:We will celebrate this year as any other year. If you dislike the US so much, please move. I am first generation American and I know the sacrifices my parents made to get us here. America is still the best country in the world, regarding of what the media spin is this week.

You do not know this. It might be the best country you've been in but just because that is the case, and your parents sacrificed to get here, does not mean the US is the best country in the world. You have become arrogant. Sad.

I think pp was expressing an opinion. You know like most people do on this forum. If pp thinks this is the best country in the world, great! Of course it's not a fact. PP has a point though that many do think we are in the greatest country in the world. Why else would people literally sacrifice their lives to get here? Check out the 46 people who were found dead in a semi in TX today. Horrific. I'm not saying this is the best country but perspective is everything. People risk their lives to live here so they can attain freedoms/opportunities that they'd never have in their own countries. America is not perfect but it sure has a lot going for it.

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Migrants die trying to get to Europe too. And from mainland Europe to the UK...where there are no children gunned down in their classrooms since 1996 https://www.npr.org/2022/06/01/1102239642/school-shooting-dunblane-massacre-uvalde-texas-gun-control

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1106562

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1273920

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A friend who was hosting a BBQ and fireworks viewing from their house just canceled due a lack of patriotism.

Then I just saw two social media posts about the same. One from a friend who said her family would be attending a protest at X location instead. Another from a friend who announced they were no longer celebrating and would be wearing black on that day instead.

I told my kids our plans got canceled and neither seemed to care. DS said there's nothing to celebrate this year. DD said wearing black is a trend that's going around on tictock along with not buying gas July 2 (or 3rd maybe?) and a women's strike.

Your son sounds like a typical boy and I’d watch the content your daughter is looking at all day on tik tok. What other trends is she following 🧐

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We will celebrate this year as any other year. If you dislike the US so much, please move. I am first generation American and I know the sacrifices my parents made to get us here. America is still the best country in the world, regarding of what the media spin is this week.

You do not know this. It might be the best country you've been in but just because that is the case, and your parents sacrificed to get here, does not mean the US is the best country in the world. You have become arrogant. Sad.

I think pp was expressing an opinion. You know like most people do on this forum. If pp thinks this is the best country in the world, great! Of course it's not a fact. PP has a point though that many do think we are in the greatest country in the world. Why else would people literally sacrifice their lives to get here? Check out the 46 people who were found dead in a semi in TX today. Horrific. I'm not saying this is the best country but perspective is everything. People risk their lives to live here so they can attain freedoms/opportunities that they'd never have in their own countries. America is not perfect but it sure has a lot going for it.

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Migrants die trying to get to Europe too. And from mainland Europe to the UK...where there are no children gunned down in their classrooms since 1996 https://www.npr.org/2022/06/01/1102239642/school-shooting-dunblane-massacre-uvalde-texas-gun-control

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/11/1106562

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1273920

Migrants die trying to get to all different places throughout the world. Obviously not just America. What's your point? We were specifically talking about the US and celebrating the 4th of July. Despite Roe being overturned, way too many mass shootings, and many, many other flaws in our country, people are still coming in droves and risking their lives to live here. That puts things in perspective.

[Anonymous]

We are having our 4th party just as planned. The decision made by the Supreme Court was the correct one and we have reason to celebrate! It reaffirms our faith in our justice and legal system that eventually the right thing will happen because it is the right thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh for crying out loud. What a bunch of drama queens.

Seriously. Whatever virtue signaling works for you, I guess.

We’re doing what we’ve always done. Zero fcks given.

Yep. "DS said there's nothing to celebrate this year." Well, does your son have a roof over his head? Is he healthy? Does he have a family that loves him? Does he have a dog? I think OP's number one priority should be teaching her children about gratitude & not virtue signaling / how to out-woke each other.

Exactly this. So much to be grateful for, it's very telling these twits can't manage that.

+1000. The Woke Olympics is tired. Try teaching your kids about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and how fortunate they are they don't exist at the bottom of the pyramid like most of the rest of the world does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are having our 4th party just as planned. The decision made by the Supreme Court was the correct one and we have reason to celebrate! It reaffirms our faith in our justice and legal system that eventually the right thing will happen because it is the right thing.

Just wait until the boomers die off. The next three generations are going to eat you alive. The level of absolute disgust for religious conservatives that want to force their bible humping beliefs on others is intense in zoomers, millennials and gen X. Disgust at you might actually unite the rural and urban areas once boomers are done. COVID might speed this up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We will celebrate this year as any other year. If you dislike the US so much, please move. I am first generation American and I know the sacrifices my parents made to get us here. America is still the best country in the world, regarding of what the media spin is this week.

You don’t get to tell others what to do.

Nope b.c you aren't a judge appointed by Presidents who lost the popular vote

Those judges haven't told anyone what to do or not do. They're (rightly) leaving those decisions up to the states' voters. You seem terribly uninformed.

So States have the right to dictate about abortion but, not about guns? Do you not see the contradiction or you just don't care that half the population has no personal freedom or right to privacy anymore.

[Anonymous]

I don’t do the fourth. Stopped a few years ago. It’s just a random Monday holiday to me. I don’t see the point of getting eaten by mosquitos to watch fireworks.

Happy to make it political this year, as I’m disgusted and disheartened to no longer be a full citizen of this country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is all for show. Like posting a black square on your Instagram.

Black female here. I 100% agree. We didn’t fully have rights until the 1960s and yet we’re still doing a 4th of July bbq.

[Anonymous]

Will still celebrate. The pendulum swings in a direction I line and then sometimes it swings in a direction I do not like. I won’t give in to drama. I will do what I can locally to help out those in need and advocate for what I believe in. No one el has to have the same belief system I do, but they do have to follow the law. The country has changed on many positive ways in my lifetime. Many changes took too long and were overdue. I have lived abroad and the grass is not always greener. The more diverse we become the more differences in options we have to deal with. I still feel very lucky to be American.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are having our 4th party just as planned. The decision made by the Supreme Court was the correct one and we have reason to celebrate! It reaffirms our faith in our justice and legal system that eventually the right thing will happen because it is the right thing.

Hi! You’re gross. I hope you are knee-deep in dirty diapers and spit-up from all your babies that you didn’t abort. Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

I’m German and severely allergic to “patriotism”, but I love the 4th of July BBQ’s and fireworks. Luckily the ones we have been to were a celebration of friends and family and not “the greatest country on earth”.