The dream, der-derped

This was a bit of a rough week in terms of people online misusing "a victory for freedom" to mean "I have a delusional and hypocritical persecution complex and I only feel freedom from fear when my way of thinking is privileged over others with blatant disregard for basic equality under the law", but ...

Happy Birthday, America.

Gosh darn it, sometimes you are all kinds of off-puttingly if not horrifyingly messed up, but deep down I love ya.