William Lindsey 
"This is one of the times in our nation's history when patriotism is essential. ..
Among the most patriotic things you can do is speak out."
~ Dan Rather
Lori Knowles"It’s time to exorcise the ahistorical notion of white Christian supremacy & innocence. Patriotism is not the purview of those who see a white Christian America as the divinely ordained end of human achievement. We can no longer sustain its mythical vision of God and country where white Christians are always heroes, inheriting and defending America as their own divinely ordained promised land."
~ Robert P. Jones
#FourthofJuly #patriotism #WhiteChristianNationalism
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https://www.whitetoolong.net/p/lets-celebrate-this-fourth-of-july
"This Fourth of July, we have an opportunity to celebrate patriotism differently — as a passion for the democratic ideal of equality and a commitment to narrowing the gap between that ideal and our lived reality."
"When I see senators praying for the passage of a bill that will harm the poor, the sick, and the hungry, I think of Isaiah 1:15:
"When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood."
~ Benjamin Cremer
Ro Laren RED57🥄💩🦨🍈🍊🤡@wdlindsy Bastards.
"Is it even possible to set our country on a course for redemption? How can we come to terms with the fact that half our fellow citizens embrace cruelty, racism, ignorance, and cultism over democracy? How will we navigate the violence and cruelty of these times and protect ourselves, our families, and our integrity?
If you are not asking those questions today, you haven’t been paying attention."
~ Sherrilyn Ifill
"What does [celebrating the Fourth of July] mean when the party in power, the party with all of the power, turns its back on the ideals upon which this country was founded? What does it mean when the party in power—and the very Court that was established to uphold and defend this nation’s Constitution—feel unbound by the law or by that founding document?"
~ Mary L. Trump
Lucian K. Truscott, who is a grandson (six generations back) of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, states,
"I will not celebrate this 4th of July, commemorating the Declaration of Independence. I will not be proud of our history until the legacy of hate Donald Trump is attempting to force upon this country has been defeated and cast into ignominy."
#FourthofJuly #patriotism #Trump
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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/i-will-not-celebrate-this-4th-of
"I am proud of who I am, but I hate what this country has become. I swear I will endeavor to make good of the name and history I was bequeathed by my birth."
Resistor McResistanceFaceAnd Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them,
It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves - one of the pages missing in Trump Bibles
6G@wdlindsy
RE
What does [celebrating #July4th] mean...turns its back on the ideals upon which this country was founded?
The ones who ... were, are, have, ⭕turned are the #trumpadministration the R who passed the #BudgetBill (expaning #ICE expansion) and the "Drunken Sailors"
I wonder if this group will expand or shrink, but the key issue is #midterms #midterms2026
Republicans in the House (on the ship) celebrating their turning on the #USA
Ponygirl
bouriquet