Today is a very special 4th of July. Two hundred fifty years of these United States. And yet, the Worst President in the History of the US is reigning like a modern day Nero, enriching himself on the office, while our freedoms shrink away. Unless you're a white, heterosexual male MAGA, of course. And Trump will eventually oppress them as well. It's only a matter of time.
Lee Greenwood, he of the patriotic one hit wonder 'God Bless the USA', sang,
The problem is, our freedoms, our very rights, are being stripped away. If a right can be denied, then it was never a right, it was a privilege.
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote,
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Unalienable Rights! Unalienable!
For instance:
The right to read what you want.
The right to marry who you want.
The right of bodily autonomy.
The right to be who you are, authentically you.
The right to peacefully protest.
The right to be a person of ANY color in the US.
The right of equality for ALL.
Some of the above were not Jefferson's intentions; he was, after all, a man of his time. However, they are now. And they should be defended and upheld as ideals to share with the world.
Our rights, our very freedoms, are being trampled daily as the heavy cloak of oppression sweeps our country. The gleeful hate from Christian White Nationalism has tested our government, and found its defenses sorely lacking. Too many seemingly good people have fallen under the sway of their False Idol. I pray that they may recover their senses when he's gone.
We once aspired to be the Shining City on the Hill; a worthy goal. Together we can rise up, shake off the shackles of Hate & Oppression, and restore our land, our birthright, these great United States of America.
Let FREEDOM Ring!
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