America is home to people from every place on Earth, some whose ancestors have been here for thousands of years and others who have only just arrived.  We all came from somewhere, but we are all American — loyal not to a person or a place but to an idea:  We are all…
  • @Pat_RiotEnglish
    13•2 months ago

    Loyalty Day? That is some Welcome to Nightvale shit right there.

    • WIIHAPPYFEW [he/him, they/them]English
      9•2 months ago

      (background music)

      The town council would like to advise residents that refusal to partake in Loyalty Day festivities will lead to your residency being temporarily revoked. You will, mercifully, be given an hour to leave the city limits to one of four Disloyalty Encampments, where you’ll be given the opportunity to be taught the many, many ways in which to be grateful for your hometown.

      Refusal to leave town, or to engage with the Encampment’s curriculum, will result in arrest, along with three weeks of community service on behalf of the Sheriff’s Secret Police, consisting primarily of the placement and recovery of hidden cameras and microphones.

      Now, the community calendar…