40 ‘Patriotic’ American Moments That Are Actually the Sign of a Society in Distress

We don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, but before y’all crack that Bud Light, shoot off a round in the sky and take a big ol’ bite of that cheese block, we have a few hard truths to share. 

But who knows? Maybe you’re patriotic enough to get back to all that flag-waving after taking these in. Refusing to believe that America is anything but perfect is quite American, so we’re guessing that’ll be the case.