It's not a bad thing, it's just absurd. You have more in common with a man from Beijing who is employed in a similar industry as you than you have in common with some farmer in the bible belt.
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It's alright to have fun, do it by celebrating 4th of July if you want to. That patriotism that makes you proud to be American on 4th of July is the same patriotism which leads you to like a movie about a psychopath and the glorification of his high powered rifle in the middle east.