Is joy and celebration going away in the USA today?

[JasonBlack]

(08-03-2022, 05:15 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: If people are crestfallen and guilt ridden because some people point out the problems in our country, that is ON THEM.

On one hand I agree with this (I have been calling for , but on the other hand, if you want people to experience "joy and celebration", you shouldn't be surprised that that doesn't happen when the majority of social discourse is promoting precisely the opposite.

Quote:The thing to realize is to listen to the sixties/seventies musicians, and help them change the world. Listen to the song. The celebration of life is what we're talking about. People smiling, people touching, people dancing, slow rolling on bikes, balloons and arts and music. The 4th of July is just an occasion for what the song says can be every day. Nationalism is a poor symbolic substitute for real life.

And it's not a fight. But if you want to make it a fight, do it with gusto, and be sure you are fighting for the best causes. Not for your race or your nation, but for what gives and preserves our lives. (and for those things about our nation, and about some other nations, that happen to do this)

Rick Steves recently showed me how many festivals Europe has, and they go back centuries. Some new traditions of celebration started up in the sixties. Mostly held by people against war. I hope they come back again.

but that's just it....Democrats IRL tend to be disrespectful and blame game-y too. It is as you say, this is about "real life", not disagreements on policy.

I will grant you that, in most other contexts, this would be an appeal to emotion, but in this instance, promoting the right kind of emotions is precisely the point.