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Just some foregin country’s national day.
It means I’ve been hearing random fireworks for the past two weeks.
Nothing, other than the joke that England is responsible for more independence days than any other country.
It’s weird to me that everyone just assumes that American Independence was a good thing.
It’s also hilarious to me that everyone assumes “their” state was proudly patriotic when several states were pretty damn loyalist.
I also think everyone else really should question their Independence Days. Usually all the happened for the majority of people is that a little less of their labor went to a foreign crown and went to their local rapacious land-owning aristocracy instead. Big fucking deal.
A good meal and hiding with my dog.
A public holiday to not be at work and some light programming. All I want is to watch some fancy pants band play 1812 with the canons and im happy. I dont care much for the holiday itself, its just a day to mark the calendar. Not getting to do any of that this year… Its dangerously hot, I am working and im not watching the PBS programming from Washington out of spite.
They’re broadcasting the shindig from Williamsburg instead. 👍 Last night they did the usual concert at the capitol and showed the fireworks from Mt Vernon.
I don’t know if anyone is broadcasting the nonsense from the mall —I wouldn’t be surprised if dumbfuck has it on pay per view or something. (Cspan will probably have the speech, but I’m not watching that dreck, either.)
It means that we’re 4 days into July. Probably some more heatwaves ahead.
Bullshit flagwaving, being proud of things you have nothing to do with, being proud of an idea and not of what is actually going on or what happened to get there
It’s quite common for folks to say they believe in “the promise of America” with the failure to achieve said promise left as an exercise for the reader.
Despite all the bullshit happening now, I still believe the promise is worth fighting for and I’m personally not ready to give up on it.
The thing is, it’s not just the bullshit that’s happening now, the bullshit has been happening all along, they were just much better at being covert or weren’t quite as blatant with their greed. I don’t know about that, everything I was taught in school about this country turned out to be complete crap, and the people who are supposed to be angry at the kind of tyranny going on right now, who were waving don’t tread on me flags my whole life, are the ones most vehemently supporting it. So I dunno what we got left. I have hope left in people, not ideas of nations blurred by history and endless retellings of how it came to be.
It’s true - but more people like us, who initially trusted what we were taught, are finding out the truth all the time.
And I see voices that have been much more marginalized than me “believe in the promise” after being much more negatively affected by the truth than me.
If they still believe in it, how can my barely marginalized ass give up on it? That’s essentially giving up on their struggle and their determination. I cannot turn my back on the sons and daughters of enslaved, LGBTQ+, indigenous and on and on folks.
The rise of a new evil empire
The end of US subsidies for renewables.
How and why does your account post so much?
It means Canada Day was three days ago.
What a crazy Canada Day too in Ottawa! Flooded so bad everything was cancelled and people were kayaking in the streets
It’s a day.
Only one thing: Sun’s out = gun’s out!
(Meaning biceps of course. We have very well working gun laws in my country, and very hot summers nowadays)
I eat hot dogs and think evil thoughts about people in power and also hate fireworks set off by dipshits.
It means it’s going to be hot. I suppose that tells you what hemisphere it’s in.
I’m aware it’s also the 250th anniversary of the United States this year, but I don’t really care. If they were doing great things, I’d say I’m happy for them.
I’m sat at a cafe supporting a local, women-owned and LGBTQ+ owned business on my laptop browsing Lemmy. I should be writing. That’s what I do on cafe day. I’m just not in the mood.
