I don't think most people are REALLY caught up in their patriotism on the 4th of July. I mean sure, there are tons o people who are nuts for America like, 24/7, and they are incredibly terrifying, but I also know plenty of people who feel absolutely no allegiance to this country who still love to participate (like, for example, me). You know why? Because we get to light things on fire in the name of our country. Every other day of the year, we try to pretend we're very noble and don't get off on setting off explosives, but not today. Today we get to just blow the hell out of stuff, and I'm perfectly okay with that.
When you think about it, it is a pretty stereotypically "American" thing to do, isn't it? Going nuts and burning things to celebrate something that happened over 200 years ago? That's totally the type of thing that Europeans think we do all the time. Then again, Europeans have soccer riots to own up to. Sure, we had that stupidity where some morons started a riot after the Lakers won, but at least no one got killed at that one. Someone did get their shoe store robbed though, so it is a bit tragic.
I also like how we do a lot of it in the name of God, since so many of the staple "patriotic" songs mention God. "PRAISE THE LORD!" (Boom!)
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