patriotism there's a word thrown around
a lot and as far as passionate debate
it's more like a badge of honor and with
good reason because it means love and
devotion for one's country love for a
word designed to unite it can also be
pretty divisive you see there's more to
patriotism flag sequin onesies and
rodeos and quadruple cheeseburgers
patriotism is love for a country not
just pride in what what really makes up
this country of ours what is it we love
it's more than just a huge rock full of
animals like cougars and eagles right
it's the people do me a favor close your
eyes for a second I want to try
something picture the average US citizen
think about how old are they what's the
hair like how much can they bench
you got wood okay so chances are the
person you're picturing right now looks
a little different the real average American
American
there are 319 million u.s. citizens 51%
are female
so first off the average American is a
woman cool huh
is that what you pictured 54 million or
Latino forty million senior citizens 27
million are disabled 18 million age
that's more people in the US than play
football and baseball combined 9 million
are lesbian gay bi transgender more than
the entire amount of people who live in
the state of Virginia around 10 million
of redhead 5.1 million play Ultimate
Frisbee three and a half million are
Muslim Tripp the number of people
currently serving in the United States
military almost half the country belongs
to minority groups people who are
lesbian african-american and bi and
transgender and Native American and
proud of it we know that labels don't
devalue us they help define us keeping
us dialed into our cultures and our
beliefs and who we are as Americans
after all what's more American than
freedom to celebrate the things that
make us
us I mean it's stitched into the stars
and stripes of this country
from the Constitution to Gettysburg to
our motto e pluribus unum from many one
it's even in our country's name the
United States this year patriotism
shouldn't just be about pride of country
it should be about love love beyond age
disability sexuality race religion in
any other labels because the second any
of us judge people based on those labels
we're not really being patriotic are we
so let's try this one more time
close your eyes picture the average Joe
or Joan or Wan or jean-luc the real
people make America America this year
whenever you feel the urge to down those
star-spangled shorts set off fireworks
the size of my biceps to show love for
our country remember that to love
America is to love all America's because
