Thread by @Sweet_honeylu

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1/ This Memorial Day, I was planning on liking and sharing a few tweets and leaving it at that.
I’m not feeling very patriotic, nostalgic or waving the flag back and forth
#DemVoice1 #ONEV1 #TruBlue #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #VoteBIGblue #Dems4Victory

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2/🇺🇸👋ing has been ruined for me.
After witnessing the desecration committed by MAGA, I have a visceral reaction when I see a large 🇺🇸 being flown on a truck or at a residential 🏡 s
#FreshResists

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3/ When I think of Memorial Day, I see a veteran who’s having a breakdown in his car because he can’t get help from the VA.
Do we(as a country) even care about our veterans?
Can we prove it through policy?!?
#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #ONEV1 #ResistanceUnited #TruBlue #Dems4Rights

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4/ This song was written by a Jewish man and it’s pretty catchy and it has a very patriotic sound theme running through it.
I listen to the words about accepting immigrants and I think back to the Voyage of the Damned in 1939 and asylum seekers at our border
#FreshResists

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5/ It’s going to be a while before I get the “stirrings of patriotism” again. I’m still not resolved as to where my head is at. I don’t know if I’ll be able to wave old 🇺🇸 with pride again but to those who celebrated and observe, I hope it was a great day💙
#FreshWords