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Fellow United States Citizens,
As many of you are aware, the fourth of July has been known to us as independence day. We sometimes forget that after the declaration of independence was unanimously ratified by thirteen English colonies it took five years of battle and unto the siege of Yorktown to become thirteen independent American states. It took a further seven years to become united under a social contract that was ratified then by majority. Nearly nine decades needed to elapse and hundreds of thousands of lives shed before an unalienable right to liberty expressed by words written in 1776 would be granted to those in racial bondage. One-hundred and eighty-eight years needed to pass from this day two-hundred and forty-four years ago and more blood needed to be spilt before equality would be made law!
Twelve score and four years have transpired since radical men declared they had had enough of a tyrant and the effects of his severity. Since then, all people from abroad have sought these lands to pursue courses paved by dreams whose destinations lead toward intrinsic happiness. Those fortunate to be born within our political boundaries have never known the developing world's oppression. We few natives have not known systemic violence, rampant disease, public racial alienation, nor oligarchy; that is; until now.
Taxation has become unfair and favors the rich while burdening the poor. Scandal has corrupted sacred halls of democratic sovereignty. Bourgeois corporate despotism has become the status quo of executive power while legislators, public servants, are the marionettes of special interests. Public administration is now a commodity to be traded as a stock at market. Police are now the most distrusted, most despised, most ill reputed arm of justice. Our institutions of education and mental health have closed their doors to our children and to ourselves. The courts are politicized and biased by wealth or ethnicity. The prisons grow and grow and grow as an infection aided by privatization. A woman can no longer take her child to a theater, nor a store, nor an event without the fear of a mass shooting. A loaf of bread and a gallon of milk is five times the cost of acquisition over a period of 4 months. Food shortage threaten the most insecure of us with death. And racial tensions between us have caused our own citizens to fragment and form exclusive groups that alienate each other.
Fellow citizens, our country resembles more a pit in hell than a shining city upon a hill. It is no longer a desired destination nor a beacon of hope to the oppressed, hungry, and suffering of the world. Why then celebrate this day!? Why shoot your guns and fireworks merrily when all that was fought for for over two hundred years has been lost? Today, 4th of July in 2020 is not a day to party. It is a day to mourn the dying ideals of a declaration whose causes and purposes have reemerged in our midst. I am sad today, friends, because our American dream is turning into a nightmare.
I actually somewhat agree with this. The USA may have been a beacon of hope in the past but the world today has long since caught up and surpassed it. This is not meant to offend anyone and I’m sorry if it does, but somethings need to change and they can if the people of the US stand together. (My Personal sorry to anyone who may feel offended by this)
I still partied. My city’s sky was still filled with fireworks. Yes our country needs some work in the form of our government. I’ve been all over the world and have seen the horrors of war with my own eyes, and now I am a Trans woman, a person that would be killed in most other places in the world. Trust me when I say: America is still that beacon. It lies with us the people. The American citizen is worth celebrating. The ideas and dreams of the citizen is worth celebrating. We have to remember this. It’s not citizen vs citizen like the government and the corporate media want us to believe. It’s all of us vs those who gain power then turn their backs on us. We the people must reignite the torch of liberty. We the people...
Yong and Warikya
Saint truth! When I look at the 1950's - late 70's USA, except the racism and sex inequality, I'd say it was the greatest country of its time. But now?... My history teacher said, regarding the US, "every empire eventually falls", and someone else said that the US is slowly turning into a 3rd world country XD Back then I'd have been happy about that since I was all about the USSR and hated the English-speaking countries, I even favoured the communist China over Tibet, Taiwan and Hongkong 😭, but now it kinda hurts.
I've been told that a mod interpretted it as an attempt to impersonate Blood wine. No matter how ridiculous it may seem to anyone, even after the mods were told the actual truth, the former was declared truth and the ban remained. Actually, I've never heard about anyone being banned by a mod and then managing to actually appeal the ban.
Nice poll, but where is my favourite travel destination Italy?
Been to half the destinations on the poll but I'd still go to Japan again. Splendid place.
Same. I actually lived in Tokyo for a few months cause my dad worked for a Japanese company that desperately needed him for something there, and it was awesome!
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I wanna go back to China. Tentatively planning Chengdu for the next Chinese New Year…
Unfortunately, Eurovision 2020 was cancelled. Fortunately, that doesn’t mean we have to wait a year for some lovely songs. Enter Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. Helmed by the comedian Will Ferrell and the always brilliant Rachel McAdams, this film not only gave a touch of silliness, but several excellent (mostly fictional) songs to assuage the agony of going an entire year without ruthlessly tearing down other nations (“Arcade” should never have won) have been granted to us. The only question now is this: which song reigns supreme?
A lovely poll, darling. You have a nice variety of locations present to represent most regions of the world, though I would have removed one each from the USA/Canada, China/Korea/Japan clusters. Perhaps somewhere from Southeast Asia and West Africa?
Either way, it’s quite good. If only it were open to to everyone . . .
The real new poll! How do you feel about living in your NS country? Sorry. I accidentally restricted it residents initially. It's open now
So a queer person once told me this:
"We are thankful for having allies, we want allies but we don't work for allies."
There was much more to the whole conversation but this quote stuck in my head. As to the conversation as a whole, it basically said that queers are more than willing to take from the allies but give nothing. The allies are simply a tool necessary to make queer liberation happen. They ain't of the LGBTQI+ and therefore they're still somewhat of a potential foe. An allie isn't that much of friend/equal as he/she is a traitor of the enemy.
What do you think? What's your attitude towards straight allies?
It always amazes me at how much people verbally bash the US as of late. Less than 4 years ago it was a different tone. I find equally interesting that you basically say all the US is to blame, when in fact it's the orange faced goon in the White House. You'll probably say 'oh but u elected him'... no I did not. He won on a platform of fear, and if you paid any attention whatsoever lately, you'll notice his platform is collapsing.
Alot of people voted for trump because they believed the lie, we were coming out of a weak economy and we wanted better. We didn't want hate. No, we are not turning into a third world country, no we are not a nation of hatred and bigotry and no trump and his bitch allies do not speak for us.
For those who feel like hating the US is ok, fine. But pay attention to the people out in the street protesting and demanding change. Stop focusing solely on what confirms your own bias and look at everything happening.
If you want to say the US has caused alot of problems, fine, you're going to say whatever. But ask yourself this, how many of the problems were actually caused by the American people? How many were caused by politics? And do you really believe that the US is alone in making bad decisions? And since some of you want to point at things that happened when alot of us weren't even alive yet, are you also going to keep pointing fingers at every Arab because of Saddam Hussein, or every German because of the nazi party.... the list goes on. I can get just as hateful as you.
I understand that this time period is beyond scary and frustrating. The amount of bullshit trump has done is absurd. But stop blaming the whole country. Notice the majority of the country wants trump gone. Even the Republican party is turning against him. The Christian right is turning against him.
The last thing we need is you trashing the whole damn country, because we really are trying to make it better. Whether you like it or not, most of us are actually really chill people. And this coming from me, I'm hispanic, openly gay, left handed, not Christian... it's not nearly as bad as you think or as it could be.
If you want things to change, raise your voices, not your hatred. Please stop bashing all of us, we're not your enemies.
Yong and Texalaska
True, it’s not the people’s fault, it’s the politians. Trump was elected through a broken system called the electoral college. It’s not the people’s fault things are bad it’s the goons running it
Then you Americans have to change the system. Otherwise you will have a Hitler-typed guy someday as a president and after that it is definitely your fault, because that is exactly what happened here in Germany before 1933. Hitler was elected through a democratic process and so it was naturally the fault of all Germans that he could become the dictator he was and not only those who were in his party or voting for him.
I think they have a place in achieving equality and pushing for rights. But I think they need to recognise and accept that queer spaces are not for them. The amount of times I've been touched inappropriately by straight women on "hen parties" in gay bars/clubs... basically sexual assault.
Volcanislavia, Aleixandria, Warikya, and Sweaty fish
Hi! Great to have embassies with you!
Yong, Warikya, and Papapp
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