American citizens, as with ALL citizens are definitely not free. So to celebrate liberation from oppression in to another oppression seems wholly ironic to me.
I agree whole heartedly with what George Carlin said, " ...pride should be reserved for something you achieve or attain on your own.." Anything beyond that is is a false ideology.
And as with many other things, so many horrors and travesties have and can be committed in the name of patriotism and national pride.
If we were only proud of the things we accomplished on our own and stopped idolising things to put our pride in to, maybe, just maybe this world could start on a road to recovery.
Yeah, Americans think they are free because they are not the victim of the latest police shooting, kidnapping, etc. It isn't happening to me, so there's no problem. It's THOSE people who are suffering, and I don't give a damn about them. /sarc (not a complaint at you, just furthering what you wrote /thank)
I completely agree. The other thing that infuriates me in the very same vein is that most people don't want to change the way the system works because they are comfortable with how it works for them. People en masse are very selfish creatures and can't see or think past their own world view or what they can get out of a situation.
But the times they are a changing......! 😄😁