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Vibe check. In this residential neighborhood found inside a city's metro I am seeing more American flags on or around houses than I ever have. More than any 4th of July that I can remember. Not only has the American flag become much more popular, pride symbolism appears to have decreased substantially in a neighborhood where "In This House We Believe..." held the #1 title a few years ago. Character of the neighborhood hasn't drastically changed in this period. I intend to do a proper survey to see if newfound flag waving correlates to new houses or neighbors. At a glance this doesn't seem to be the case.
I mean, isn't it your country's 250th year celebration as well? I've visited the US a few weeks ago and companies seem to have been taking that excuse to put out american flag branded merch everywhere. Add to that a high profile international sports competition, and I'm not surprised to see some uptick of patriotism. The non-brainwormed democrat and centrists probably also likely understand that it's their only chance to celebrate that big a birthday for the next 50 years, so they're less likely to let "not liking the current administration" ruin it for them than if it was any old 4th of July that happens every year.
Outside I don't hear much enthusiasm to celebrate 250th because Trump, etc. I also don't hear a lot of "It's our country, too" verbalized, which was the ancient permissive signal to okay patriotism. Maybe there is silent consensus that it is okay. A nice change of pace.
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