yay america?

I went to the fourth of July parade with work and with every little section that passed I felt a bit less proud to be an American. About half of the people I saw walking around were very overweight, about half the remainder would be considered very overweight in any other country in the world. About half the little girls I saw running around were dressed like 20 year olds on their way to a club. It all kinda makes me sick. We think that just because we're Americans we're somehow the best people in the world, nevermind how much we persecute our own citizens because of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious views etc. I'm always amazed at the amount of ignorance, prejudice, and just plain backwards thinking there is in this "land of the free, home of the brave."

America is past its prime and it's time that people start being okay with this idea.