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MiHale

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5. Hate to say this...he ruined it.

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 02:04 PM

19 hrs ago

Even the local fireworks don’t seem right this year.

I do realize that I shouldn’t let one putrid excuse for a human dictate a celebration of 250 years of America.
But the separation of ‘birthdays’ is getting harder to do.

How do you celebrate American freedom when you see them being eroded away every day?

How do you celebrate American values when you must dig them out of a garbage dumpster?

How do you celebrate American greatness when it feels like white, male exceptionalism?

America is a second-rate country slipping into rapid degradation. Yeah, let’s celebrate that.

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