If you hate the 4th of July, then I hate you.

An unnamed Whitman student has decided that it would be very Whitman-ey of her to arrange a fucking protest of the 4th of July. I know that she's probably pissed about the war and everything, I mean who isn't. You can protest whatever war you want to, you can protest war in general, but the one war you can't talk shit about is the war that gave independence to the country within which you are currently residing and the war that gave you the right to hold stupid protests in general. The 4th of July is the one fucking holiday that you can just celebrate the purity of being American. You can find the good stuff with your country and celebrate that. Celebrate your free speech right to protest, but don't fucking protest the greatest holiday on the planet. The 4th of July is a celebration of the the ideals of America, not the practices of America. the 4th doesn't change based on who is in office, whether or not we are at war, or what countries hate us at the time. It's just a day to eat hot dogs and light off fireworks. To protest the 4th of July is essentially protesting fucking Picnic Day. Or Pool Party Day. Or Beer and Baseball Day. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that this girl is going to be hard-pressed to find people who share her sentiments on the 4th of July.