I used to love the 4th of July

[StarryNite]

Screw it...This year it will mean nothing to me.

[rurallib]

1. Boy oh boy the very same thoughts are going through my mind

I used to get all soppy about the 4th. Since Trump my feelings have ratcheted down dramatically. After this week they have bottomed out.

I don't care if I ever hear that drinking song we have as a national anthem again. Screw it.

We have become an oligarch of wealth and religious old white men.

[Ocelot II]

2. I usually put a flag out. Not this year.

[StarryNite]

3. Nope, me either.

That flag does not represent females. I don't even own my own body in this shit hole country.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. When Trump got elected, that killed any patriotic feelings I might have had

Biden was starting to restore my hope that we might right the ship, but then this shit from the SCOTUS now has set me in a black hole again.

[llmart]

5. +1

I keep thinking about how the more progressive European countries are looking at the US. Hell, I can't imagine what the Ukranians are thinking. We're all "yeah, Ukraine. Fight for your democracy! Fight for your freedoms!" and here at home we're losing our democracy and freedoms to RW nutjobs.

[StarryNite]

7. My thoughts too.

Who will come to our aid and liberate America's females?

[samplegirl]

6. Same with me.

The Trumpers on the street are flying the flag daily.
Ruins my 4th which happens to be my birthday.
Ashamed of my country.

[Diamond_Dog]

9. I don't know how you can stand it

[2naSalit]

8. Probably...

The only ones flying it the flag this year will be the ones who trash it.

[old guy]

10. The 4th is not about patriotism.

It's just about drinking and setting off fireworks and acting stupid. Fire works are illegal without a special permit but local law enforcement refuses to respond to complaints. When possible we leave in the evenings when the crazy starts but it gets harder and harder to get away from it.