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James Parsons's avatar

Fireworks are also hard in the so many combat veterans defending the US and our national security but acquired PTSD.

Heather and I stayed in. Ever since those thinking they are “patriotic” and yelling “1776” ... while being LEO with either the actual flag or more ironically the blue lives matter variation, it’s hard to see the “USA” the same. There is at least 1/2 the country who seem batsh** cra cra.

I don’t even tell people anymore the history of Ft McHenry and it’s significance. Or the key points in our national history that were key inflection points. I have learned living in such a point is far worse than looking back on other prior points for wisdom.

Wisdom doesn’t seem valued by enough in the current times.

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Lorraine Ruth Rosenberg's avatar

Cranky pants junior reporting for duty. I much rather spend my 4th of July weekends educating through re-enactments (even if I do portray a British loyalist in that affect) but my brother and I, who is a flight emergency nurses, usually get to spend this evenings tending to the after affects of fireworks and binge drinking only to come home to idiot neighbors blasting very illegal fireworks in the middle of a main road with zero precautions for fire prevention and zero warning to pill and thunder blanket my pup. I usually love a good party myself, but Jesus h Roosevelt Christ, you don’t need to blow things up.

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