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A July 4 question: Why do you hate America? I've given this a lot of thought, and I think the main reason I hate America is that I'm a fascist. What I can't quite decide is whether I'm a fascist because I'm a liberal, or if I'm a fascist because I sometimes shop at Whole Foods."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Politics","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/","slug":"politics"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:729","displayName":"Matthew Yglesias","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/matthew-yglesias/","biography":{"default":"Matthew Yglesias is a former writer and editor at The Atlantic.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[],"__typename":"Author","slug":"matthew-yglesias"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/07/independence-day/43031/","title":"Independence Day","seoTitle":"Independence Day","dateModified":"2010-05-03T20:03:20Z","datePublished":"2007-07-04T14:00:35Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Politics","__typename":"Channel","slug":"politics"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"Independence Day","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/43031/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/07/independence-day/43031/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"politics","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["main reason","fascist","America","question","thought","Foods"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"independence-day","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","gb_safe","pos_bofa-kwlist","pos_customtopics","pos_lexus_fy23","pos_safe_core","pos_safe_strict","gs_event_fourth_july","gs_seasevnt_fourthjuly","gs_seasevnt","gs_food","gs_fooddrink"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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