Here's how the gross New York Times is celebrating Independence Day
· Jul 4, 2021 · NottheBee.com

Yeah. Really.

It's not just a tweet either -- it's still their website's headliner as of 4:26 p.m. on the 4th of July:

From their stupid article:

Politicians of both parties have long sought to wrap themselves in the flag. But something may be changing: Today, flying the flag from the back of a pickup truck or over a lawn is increasingly seen as a clue, albeit an imperfect one, to a person's political affiliation in a deeply divided nation.

Supporters of former President Donald J. Trump have embraced the flag so fervently — at his rallies, across conservative media and even during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol — that many liberals like Mr. Treiber worry that the left has all but ceded the national emblem to the right.

What was once a unifying symbol — there is a star on it for each state, after all — is now alienating to some, its stripes now fault lines between people who kneel while "The Star-Spangled Banner" plays and those for whom not pledging allegiance is an affront.

And it has made the celebration of the Fourth of July, of patriotic bunting and cakes with blueberries and strawberries arranged into Old Glory, into another cleft in a country that seems no longer quite so indivisible, under a flag threatening to fray.

Here's a thought: Maybe if you find the American flag so offensive, that is an indictment of your character. Of your ingratitude. Of your childishness. Of your can't-hack-it-ness.

I'm not trying to be mean, I promise! But you live in the greatest country the world has ever known, which is the single most effective catalyst of human flourishing in the history of our species ... and instead of being grateful, you find reasons to complain.

The left has "ceded the national emblem to the right"?

Old Glory is a "fault line," alright!

May God bless America.


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