"We could love certain things about America, hate certain things, feel embarrassed by certain other things—and we could still call it home," Juliet Lapidos wrote in 2019.
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Unfortunately I'm loving America less each day with this corrupt administration
jul 4, 2025, 1:03 pm • 2 0 • view
Meanwhile: bsky.app/profile/atru...
jul 4, 2025, 1:02 pm • 0 0 • view
feels less & less as a home we used to know
jul 4, 2025, 1:02 pm • 2 0 • view
As someone who has always been very patriotic, a member of the DAR, somehow I really am not feeling much like celebrating this July 4th..my American flag is out but my heart is broken for my country..💔
jul 4, 2025, 1:47 pm • 3 0 • view
Instead of love, hate, and embarrassment, how about we concentrate on RIGHT AND FUCKING WRONG???? FFS. FDT.
jul 4, 2025, 1:02 pm • 1 0 • view
Happy Fourth! But first, some bad (albeit entertainingly presented) bad news. open.substack.com/pub/ohhistev...
jul 4, 2025, 1:03 pm • 0 0 • view
the harms of patriotism? blindness?
jul 4, 2025, 1:26 pm • 1 0 • view
Mostly just feeling shame nowadays
jul 4, 2025, 3:07 pm • 0 0 • view
No offense but this feels pretty self indulgent. It certainly is true that every country has things to love and hate but no longer true that anyone can wrap themselves in comfort by ignoring the hard truths of America today.
jul 4, 2025, 2:35 pm • 0 0 • view
my mother was a Lapidos
jul 4, 2025, 1:04 pm • 0 0 • view
2019, .. uh its 2025, give us an update.
jul 4, 2025, 1:29 pm • 3 0 • view
gone from hating certain things to nearly everything right now
jul 4, 2025, 1:16 pm • 3 0 • view