Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“When, in the course of human events, it becomes obvious to all that the current American political system bears little if any resemblance to the values put forward in the 13 colonies’ July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence, it’s time to consider doing away with ‘Independence Day’ as a positive commemoration. But not, I hold, worthy of cancellation as a holiday altogether. The Declaration still has some pretty good bones to base a holiday on, and who doesn’t love a day off work for grilling out and playing with explosives? Instead of celebrating the Big Lie that we live under a government which exists to ‘secure’ our rights to ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,’ we’d do well to instead turn our attention to a Festivus-style ‘airing of the grievances.'” (06/25/24)