Of the two inarguably most notable American Holidays, July 4th, “Independence Day,” is the more iconic, the other being the traditional celebration of “Thanksgiving. The latter is ubiquitously recognized and celebrated in a symbolic, cultural-historical context, the former, in addition to being, by contrast, empirically based, is notably meaningful, as a definitional expression of the systemic American desire for liberty and freedom of expression.
The stereotypical, July Fourth holiday is celebrated amid the company of family, neighbors, and friends engrossed in a mutually convivial backyard experience, attending to the smoking barbeque, drinking beer gossiping, and enjoying an interactive social experience. In most cases, little time is devoted to thoughts of Colonial America or the contextual events of the holiday, the War of Independence against the tyrannical rule of an English Monarch. The Nation’s inherently secure character and political dynamics are ordinarily not productive of any relevant impetus to discuss the academic subject of our National polity nor empirical infringement of citizens’ legally (constitutionally) assured liberty.
By major and disconcerting contrast, this July Fourth Holiday is convened amid an evident and disturbing atmosphere bespeaking the precarious state of our assumed, traditional rights and liberties as citizens of the American Nation. The recent rise to power of an autocratic, opponent of American democracy and way of life has, together with his numerous hordes of populist pro-fascist cultish followers, launched a frighteningly successful attack upon our Democratic Republic, it, constitution, Rule of Law, and basic imperatives of the societal moral compass; the copious enumeration of which, inclusive of election denial and armed violent insurrection, detailed in past writings are ominously, well known. Also, well-known is Trump’s public declaration to be a dictator and wreak punitive revenge on his political opponents. On this Independence Day, it has unexpectedly become relevant to comprehend the danger to the freedoms and way of life won from the encumbering chains of autocracy by the holiday’s celebrated colonials.
Freedom-loving American citizens need to challengingly match the bullying dynamics of the MAGA reactionaries, by better expressing the existential need of the Democratic Republic for concentrated and aggressive support. Our frustrated observation has eternally been that the mainstream, freedom-loving citizen has, notably been far less overt and publicly demonstrative in his support of democracy than Trump’s outspoken conglomeration of underbelly populists and special interest beneficiaries. Our celebrated American way of life cannot endure if we condone or tolerate the loud and assertive Nazi-style threat of Trump and his loyal snake pit of historically offensive and toxic followers.
Even the least observant of American citizens is obliged to take note of Biden’s four years of admittedly superior performance (as chief executive in the pandemic end, in its subsequent economic recovery, record employment, inflation reduction, infrastructure development, tax relief to life-long tuition debtors, support of women’s, gender, and civil rights, and objective dedication to the American system of law (N.B. Hunter Biden prosecution), support of the attacked Ukraine, and many other commendable accomplishments, not to mention his decent and empathetic persona) as compared with the dismal, immoral and embarrassing prior Presidential term of Donald Trump. We are no less than astounded at the inappropriate, and foolishly suicidal, self-immolating activity of the (apparently, naïve, hapless) Democratic Party in its engagement in its present public, intra-party, controversy as to the mental capability of Biden to continue to serve as America’s top executive; based upon a relatively inconsequential lousy performance on the overly discussed Presidential debate. (see: # 87 “Televised Sports”).
In an election in which the continued existence of the democratic Nation and the American way of life is mortally threatened by a proven perverse candidate whose neurotic egocentrism has been evilly demonstrated and specifically enunciated in his avowed declaration of intention to be a Dictator, how can any rational campaign concentrate on the (empirically disproven) possibility of its candidate’s capabilities. We are certain that the giggling underbelly supporters of the dangerously incompetent Trump are truly loving it.
We are disappointed, amazed, and undeniably, not loving it.
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