Happy independence day?

[purplepoppy]

Or Feliz día de la independencia if you're from Texas. Fun fact Denmark and the UK Are the only 2 countries that don't have a national day and Britain has kindly granted independence to more countries than any other, 62 in total isn't that nice of us. America even asked to come back under British rule but we had to politely decline royalcentral.co.uk/.../

BUT here's the question.

Given most Americans came over long after the great treason of 1777 and is a multicultural country why do you bother celebrating it at all? Do your Chinese, African, Mexican citizens etc take part or is it just a whitething?

[Bratsondanielle]

No no it's an American thing. We celebrate the day the declared of indeed was adopted nationwide. We kinda broke up with the old world so to say. Became our own country (greatest in the world 🌎 ❤ 🇺🇲🇺🇲) no kings and queens and socialism and all that stuff. Sadly - you mention Mexican people - they don't want to see this as their home. The Mexican people (and Salvador etc,) they mostly exploit the US 🇺🇸. They get free food housing and health care and I pay for it. They then work under the table and send the money home. I'm sure they don't take part in 4th of July. They have a day in May that they celebrate. Some small unimportant victory in Mexico 🇲🇽. It's not even really celebrated in Mexico that's the funniest part. @exitseven am I getting this right? But you mentioned Denmark, and according to my friend from Denmark 🇩🇰 (who escaped that tiny socialist hellhole long ago and made it here to the greatest nation on earth 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲and is at my 4th of July party every year ) they have a day of their own too. I think he said in May (4 or 5 or some early day in may).

[SaoirseS]

Most all that have assimilated into the way of life celebrate one way or another, by shooting off fireworks, watching grandiose fireworks displays, or just cooking out. Race, ethnic background, nationality doesn't stop people from making noise and eating food (and of course drinking). Do they think about the meaning? No, probably not. It's a day off.

[Chazmatazz269]

Similarly to every other US holiday, it’s been taken over by capitalism. Since bright lights, big noises and blowing stuff up appeals to all races, creeds and colors of people from a wide variety of backgrounds, pretty much everyone participates. Ironically, actual war veterans DON’T if they have untreated or under-treated PTSD. The fireworks can trigger episodes. Fortunately, that’s not the only way we celebrate Independence Day! The brilliance of liberty is that everyone can choose to celebrate or not, and if they do they can choose for themselves how to celebrate!

[Red_Arrow]

America did NOT ask to go back under British domination. One nut case asked and a representative of the queen responded that the queen was not foolish enough to try to interfere with a sovereign nation and get trounced again! (You really should read the sources you cite)
And to answer your question, our multicultural residents also celebrate being a part of America, free from domination by Britain or any other country.

[purplepoppy]

I did read it, I just couldn't resist slightly misquoting it

[Red_Arrow]

So the conclusion is
PURPLEPOPPY LIES TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO GET HER WAY! lol

[goaded]

But she does it in a cute way!

Fun fact: Liz has been queen for nearly a third of the existance of the United States.
Something I was once told: Americans switch hands to use their forks in the right hands because they were copying George VI who had a broken arm when he visited NY state in 1939. (I find nothing to back it up on line.)

[goaded]

Breaking news, it turns out my Mum (for it was she) was wrong!

"It wasn't until the 1850s that the cutlery tide turned in Europe. In a Huffington Post article, the etiquette expert Lisa Mirza Grotts quotes a mid-19th century French etiquette book as saying "if you wish to eat in the latest mode favoured by fashionable people, you will not change your fork to your right hand after you have cut your meat, but raise it to your mouth in your left hand". It appears that the older custom never completely went out of fashion in the US. Legend has it that this style actually blew the cover of American spies operating in Germany in the second World War."
www.irishtimes.com/.../...knife-and-fork-1.3409316

[AviatorTom]

It's Independence Day, which celebrates three things:
1. July 4 1776, the date of the Declaration of Independence, which some consider the official day of colonial revolt, and
2. That the United States is an independent country and doesn't let any other country interfere in it. Okay, China owns most US companies and no one's sure what our recent presidents have been doing with other countries, but... and
3. US citizens celebrate our freedoms.

[Texaskid1]

Actually there is a legal / historical theory that the US is still under British control

https://themillenniumreport.com/2017/10/the-united-states-is-still-a-british-colony-part-1/

I have read this several times and I admit it is freaky.

[bean2k21]

Celebrating our independence of Britain means so much more than just separating from the crown. It means football, not soccer. It means baseball, not cricket. It means, no embarrassing moments at Eurovision. It means not being a pompous ass with bad teeth. It means being in the greatest country on Earth instead a lonely, rainy tiny little island where there's nothing to do but drink tea.

[goaded]

Handegg, "World" series. All moments at Eurovisionn are embarrassing, and have been since it started, that's the attraction. I don't have bad teeth! The best bits are rainier, but have cider. C:

[bean2k21]

@goaded Deny. Deny. Deny. I guess you're not responsible for exploiting Africans either.

[goaded]

Of course we were. But we stopped earlier, and did it peacefully (and the expense of a loan to pay off the slave owners which was only paid off in the last decade or so). Dude, it was a joke (I even implied I was a pompous ass).

[bean2k21]

@goaded I understand your irony all too well. And just you wait until we send these defective slaves right back to ya.

[purplepoppy]

Firstly we didn't exploit Africans, we merely sold them to you people but we stopped when we learned you weren't nice to them.

[bean2k21]

@purplepoppy Yeah funny how we weren't being nice enough after we began trading heavily with France.

[purplepoppy]

Well we were at pretty much constant with them.

[purplepoppy]

*constant war

[IsoUser]

To be honest I am German/Irish and I certainly celebrate the 4rth of July with a family BBQ now with that being said I also celebrate October Fest and St. Patrick's day so go figure. I think that most Americans have taken up the culture of their country. In any event just my humble opinion

[Andres77]

It's a little long but, Poppy, I think you'll get a big kick out of this. 16 minutes
Please tell me if it made you smile.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/VOEVdt__7uw

[KrakenAttackin]

Why are you so OBSESSED with Americans and our culture?

[purplepoppy]

I'm not but given most of GAG is American its a shame not to ask them questions about their every day life

[nawtee_me]

We celebrate the birth of a nation that before your treason of 1776 was not a nation.

[Anonymous]

Can we rescind our independence and have Britain take us back as a colony? Our government is incompetent.

[goaded]

The Queen says... No. Sorry, you're on your own.

[jimmy2]

Well they were shooting fireworks off last night and litterly burn a car up

[Twalli]

Wl we declared that we were independent in 1776.

[goaded]

I remember a bit of a fuss in 1976,

[Twalli]

@goaded like The Declaration of Independence, maybe?

[goaded]

I said 1976, I'm not *that* old! :)

[Twalli]

@goaded well it was the bicentennial

[Jerre]

I Second that “Happy 4th of July” to all

[JohnK123]

Ya so nice of Britain hahahahaha

[Sam_25]

Happy fucking day