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‘F**ktheFourth’ trending on Twitter as liberals & conservatives lock horns over Independence Day celebrations
The stark contrast between liberals and conservatives reacting to the Fourth of July on social media magnifies the deep cultural wedge in the US, with the left calling the holiday a “sham” and the right mourning what once was.
While Independence Day is typically a time for celebration in the US, it’s taken a different turn this year amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests.
The hashtag “F**ktheFourth” is trending on Twitter, with the “u” in the curse word cleverly switched out with a “v.”
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“There is NOTHING to celebrate today. America is a failed state,” podcaster Ryan Knight tweeted, highlighting growing poverty in the US.
“What r we celebrating? Kids in cages? Police brutality? COVID? Poverty? No healthcare? Ur celebration is a sham. Ur greatness? Ur rejoicing is empty. Ur shouts of liberty & equality? Hollow. A thin veil to cover up crimes that would disgrace a nation of savages,” another user added.
The frustration has been repeated by many others, who have kept the phrase popular on Twitter.
I'm not in the mood for hearing how great Independence Day is.I woke up, and trump has the freedom to declare war on people who didn't vote for him, Qarens still using cops as murder weapons, and cops who killed Breonna Taylor have STILL NOT BEEN ARRESTED.#FvckTheFourth
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) July 4, 2020
Why do black people celebrate the day a bunch of slave owners achieved independence? #FvckTheFourth
— Elizabeth Warren is a Joe Manchin Democrat
