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Farmer-Rick

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21. I know how you feel

Wed May 13, 2026, 09:44 AM

20 hrs ago

I plan to avoid all celebration of the 4th of July or any celebration of Trump Nation. I will not spend a dime and I will turn off my screens. I'm stocking up on some good beer and will be seen on my front porch doing nothing in order to avoid Trump Nation celebration.

At least I can avoid all the MAGA humping Trump paraphernalia displays sure to be lining all the idiot's downtowns.

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The 250th doesn't feel unifying at all [View all] NCDem47 21 hrs ago OP

It's not a celebration at this point in time.................. Lovie777 21 hrs ago #1

There's still a chance dem4decades 18 hrs ago #52

It feels like another of krasnov's grifts and kkklown shows. I shudder niyad 21 hrs ago #2

What are we celebrating? Biophilic 17 hrs ago #58

I feel much as you. The fact that djt is cornering our nation's birthday to allegorical oracle 21 hrs ago #3

I agree 100% with your assessment. I was 18 in 1976 and was a hopeful young fella. chicoescuela 21 hrs ago #4

I was 10 and it was all so joyful Bettie 18 hrs ago #47

I was 12 get the red out 18 hrs ago #49

It does and the fact of who is at the head of our nation Bettie 18 hrs ago #50

You are not wrong. murielm99 21 hrs ago #5

It's the exact opposite of the bicentennial -this feels more like a funeral Blues Heron 21 hrs ago #6

It's a different time. Now, people are even less trusting of government, and 1974 was right after Vietnam. Intractable 21 hrs ago #7

Oh, hell. I want NOTHING to do with it. If I had my druthers I'd spend the week in a deprivation chamber hlthe2b 21 hrs ago #8

I know how you feel Farmer-Rick 20 hrs ago #21

This country is like a marriage on the rocks. Omnipresent 21 hrs ago #9

Great analogy. NCDem47 21 hrs ago #10

It will be divisive Johnny2X2X 21 hrs ago #11

It's because we are embarrassed by our country's leadership and their actions. Diamond_Dog 21 hrs ago #12

The real unification date will come in November Fiendish Thingy 21 hrs ago #13

From your keyboard to God's ears. NCDem47 21 hrs ago #14

Haven't seen much, and I live in a red state. mwmisses4289 20 hrs ago #15

Same here. llmart 20 hrs ago #20

Every time I see 250th merch out in the wild, I feel sad newdeal2 20 hrs ago #16

I agree, flags on pickup trucks are so maga RainCaster 20 hrs ago #17

Nope. It feels hollow. A thin lie. Happy Hoosier 20 hrs ago #18

I was 6 years old -- hopeful that post civil rights era that the ERA would pass and full equality was on the horizon JT45242 18 hrs ago #45

Something bad will happen. ECL213 20 hrs ago #19

It sure doesn't feel like any celebration to me. hamsterjill 20 hrs ago #22

In 1976 DownriverDem 19 hrs ago #23

Nixon wasn't President in 1976. He resigned johnnyfins 19 hrs ago #27

Fifty years ago I was graduating from high school COL Mustard 19 hrs ago #24

You are witnessing the difference between patriotism and nationalism in real time... Wounded Bear 19 hrs ago #25

I hate that the 250th happens to fall when he is in office. How unfortunate for us. Katinfl 19 hrs ago #26

It's more like an "In Memorium" for a once good country johnnyplankton 19 hrs ago #28

I can't really afford it but I was thinking about Tanuki 19 hrs ago #29

I'm just going to stay home and work in the garden. OnionPatch 19 hrs ago #36

Why celebrate the death of this once great democracy Grim Chieftain 19 hrs ago #30

To be fair I have changed immensely from age 8 (then) to age 58 (now) dsc 19 hrs ago #31

It will be all about the Orange Monster. PittBlue 19 hrs ago #32

Let's commemorate the Union beating the Confederacy WorkDoctor 19 hrs ago #33

Except the Union didn't beat them hard enough LearnedHand 18 hrs ago #46

I see it as a day of mourning OnionPatch 19 hrs ago #34

Definitely Different unweird 19 hrs ago #35

We were literally dancing in the street for the 200th. We actually held up Ford's FailureToCommunicate 19 hrs ago #37

Cut off the top is a black tube sock. FalloutShelter 19 hrs ago #38

You mean, cut off the toe end. Wednesdays 18 hrs ago #48

It feels like cosplay. No thanks. hay rick 19 hrs ago #39

At the rate our Debt is going, we'll be able to celebrate our 50 Trillion Dollars in the hole. chouchou 19 hrs ago #40

I feel deep anxiety that the 250th will be the last for our Constitutional democracy Martin Eden 19 hrs ago #41

I agree. evolves 18 hrs ago #42

In 1976, Gerald Ford was President Wednesdays 18 hrs ago #43

Part of the issue is that the Bicentennial was planned haele 18 hrs ago #44

Trump has co-opted it. He has turned the official observances into celebrations of himself. Ocelot II 18 hrs ago #51

Canada's Independence Day is July 1. WestMichRad 17 hrs ago #53

I do have a Canadian flag, which I fly on July 1, Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #56

Ukraine, Greenland, Canada (and Ireland for good measure) hlthe2b 13 hrs ago #60

On September 28, 1976 the album Songs in the Key of Life was released thought crime 17 hrs ago #54

250 is just a random number. WestMichRad 17 hrs ago #55

A day will come - we don't know when, but I hope it's soon - that will become the next national holiday. Ocelot II 17 hrs ago #57

I was 4 when the bicentennial happened MustLoveBeagles 16 hrs ago #59