0:06 patriotism there's a word thrown around
0:09 a lot and as far as passionate debate
0:11 it's more like a badge of honor and with
0:13 good reason because it means love and
0:17 devotion for one's country love for a
0:19 word designed to unite it can also be
0:21 pretty divisive you see there's more to
0:23 patriotism flag sequin onesies and
0:26 rodeos and quadruple cheeseburgers
0:30 patriotism is love for a country not
0:32 just pride in what what really makes up
0:35 this country of ours what is it we love
0:38 it's more than just a huge rock full of
0:39 animals like cougars and eagles right
0:44 it's the people do me a favor close your
0:45 eyes for a second I want to try
0:50 something picture the average US citizen
0:53 think about how old are they what's the
0:55 hair like how much can they bench
1:00 you got wood okay so chances are the
1:03 person you're picturing right now looks
1:05 a little different the real average American
1:05 American
1:10 there are 319 million u.s. citizens 51%
1:11 are female
1:13 so first off the average American is a
1:15 woman cool huh
1:18 is that what you pictured 54 million or
1:21 Latino forty million senior citizens 27
1:23 million are disabled 18 million age
1:25 that's more people in the US than play
1:29 football and baseball combined 9 million
1:32 are lesbian gay bi transgender more than
1:33 the entire amount of people who live in
1:36 the state of Virginia around 10 million
1:38 of redhead 5.1 million play Ultimate
1:40 Frisbee three and a half million are
1:43 Muslim Tripp the number of people
1:45 currently serving in the United States
1:48 military almost half the country belongs
1:50 to minority groups people who are
1:52 lesbian african-american and bi and
1:54 transgender and Native American and
1:57 proud of it we know that labels don't
2:00 devalue us they help define us keeping
2:01 us dialed into our cultures and our
2:04 beliefs and who we are as Americans
2:06 after all what's more American than
2:08 freedom to celebrate the things that
2:09 make us
2:11 us I mean it's stitched into the stars
2:12 and stripes of this country
2:15 from the Constitution to Gettysburg to
2:19 our motto e pluribus unum from many one
2:22 it's even in our country's name the
2:26 United States this year patriotism
2:28 shouldn't just be about pride of country
2:31 it should be about love love beyond age
2:34 disability sexuality race religion in
2:37 any other labels because the second any
2:38 of us judge people based on those labels
2:41 we're not really being patriotic are we
2:43 so let's try this one more time
2:46 close your eyes picture the average Joe
2:52 or Joan or Wan or jean-luc the real
2:56 people make America America this year
2:58 whenever you feel the urge to down those
3:01 star-spangled shorts set off fireworks
3:03 the size of my biceps to show love for
3:05 our country remember that to love
3:09 America is to love all America's because
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