happy (belated) birthday to me!!!!
250 years. I am old. (Wow!!!!!)
The thing is, you shouldn't be celebrating me. Look at all the harm america has caused. All the death. There are some great things about america (cowboys, non-deregratory country music, Hollywood, Emily Dickinson, Stonewall, democracy, etc.)
And then the terrible things... Slavery, segregation, colonization, genocide of native Americans, MAGA, ICE, I could go on and on. Not just within america, but with the complicity with the Gaza genocide, veitnam, iran, and more.
Admist our current administration, I encourage you to educate yourselves on what our country has done. What lives it has ruined.
We, the people, have to be vocal. Fight for your rights, and the rights of others. Speak out for what you think is right. It's vitally important that you do so, otherwise we may be running straight into our slaughterhouse.
Here are some informational links for you, although I reccomend to do your own reasearch as well.
Fredrick Douglass's fourth of july speech: https://loveman.sdsu.edu/docs/1852FrederickDouglass.pdf
Israili war crimes, which America has been complicit in, sending them supplies in the war. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cl55gzp7vn9o
Trump's Detention camps vs. Concentration camps. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/05/04/ice-language-detention-concentration-camps
How ice went rouge: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/ice-cbp-legal-analysis/
The air strike that killed over 100 children: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/03/usa-iran-those-responsible-for-deadly-and-unlawful-us-strike-on-school-that-killed-over-100-children-must-be-held-accountable/
Jim crow laws: https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/what.htm
The Unjust War: Iraq https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/more-focus-areas/resources/totaling-up-it-was-an-unjust-war/
The genocide of indigenous people: https://hmh.org/library/research/genocide-of-indigenous-peoples-guide/
AGAIN!!! please, take from stonewall, throw some bricks. Reasearch. Make change. Speak up. Punch trump in the face. Protest. To celebrate 250 years, fight the fuck back.