A variety of factors, including a historic decline in patriotism, has an increasing number of Americans conflicted about celebrating the Fourth of July.
A recent poll by Gallup showed the percentage of American adults that consider patriotism an important value has dropped precipitously in recent years, from 61% in 2019 to 39% now. That number is a one-point increase from 2022's unprecedented low.
While Republicans demonstrate higher levels of patriotism than their Democrat counterparts, less than half of U.S. citizens have claimed to be “extremely proud” of their country in Gallup's annual survey every year since 2017.
The New York Times begins its story with 18-year-old Malaya Tapp of Benton, Arkansas. Tapp loved partaking in parades and fireworks as a child. These days, she feels conflicted about her country:
It started in 2020 when the Black Lives Matter movement spotlighted many of the injustices across the country. “I lost a lot of my patriotic feelings,” she said.
Ms. Tapp, who now lives in Atlanta, also realized that many festive components of Fourth of July aren't that palatable for her.
There are the fireworks. “It's hard to tell the difference between guns and fireworks, and here there is always something on the news about a shooting or something, so it makes me nervous,” she said. “They are also bad for the environment. They release a lot of toxic chemicals.”
This year she is skipping the holiday altogether, opting instead to travel with her church youth group to visit a Navajo Nation in Arizona, but the trip was canceled because of a Covid outbreak.
The decline in Independence Day celebrations is especially noticeable among young adults.
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Lack of Interest due to:
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Peer pressure?
Or wed see more loving USA
Send the uneducated little indoctrinated creeps over to live in North Korea. Along with all of their teachers/instructors/professors.
They’ll be happy to know that they won’t have to worry about celebrating the 4th of July over there.
PAUL RIGHT ON BUDDY.
SHIP OUT YOU ALL. OTHER PLACES TO LIVE. NOT ME. I AM OLD YES. BUT NO THER PLACE FOR ME. BEEN AROUND. SOME OKAY. SOME NOT.
LOVE YOU AMERICA. HANG IN. WAS BORN HERE. WANT TO DIE HERE.
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Exactly! All these malcontents should hit the planes, trains, boats, and go see how their lives will be as communists or socialists in other countries. This one is still the greatest nation even with all these lazy good for nothings that hate so much. A little work never hurt anyone, while raging, looting, pillaging hurt many! Grow up and go to work doing something productive instead of mobbing and criticizing!!!