Redefining our love of country.

00:03 patriotism there's a word thrown around
00:06 a lot and as far as passionate debate
00:09 it's more like a badge of honor and with
00:10 good reason because it means love and
00:13 devotion for one's country love for word
00:17 designed to unite it can also be pretty
00:19 divisive see there's more to patriotism
00:21 flag sequins onesies and rodeos and
00:24 quadruple cheeseburgers patriotism is
00:27 love for a country not just pride in it
00:31 but what really makes up this country of
00:33 ours what is it we love it's more than
00:36 just a huge rock full of animals like
00:38 Cougars and eagles right it's the people
00:41 do me a favor close your eyes for a
00:45 second I want to try something picture
00:48 the average US is think about how old
00:52 are they
00:52 what's the hair like how much can they
00:55 bench you got one
00:57 okay so chances are the person you're
01:01 picturing right now looks a little
01:03 different the real average American
01:05 they're 319 million u.s. citizens 51%
01:10 are female so first off the average
01:13 American is a woman cool huh
01:15 is that what you pictured 54 million or
01:18 Latino 40 million senior citizens 27
01:21 million are disabled 18 million age
01:23 that's more people in the US than play
01:25 football and baseball combined nine
01:29 million are lesbian gay bi transgender
01:31 more than the entire amount of people
01:33 who live in the state of Virginia around
01:35 10 million a redhead 5.1 million play
01:38 Ultimate Frisbee three and a half
01:39 million are Muslim Tripp the number of
01:43 people currently serving in the United
01:45 States military almost half the country
01:47 belongs to minority groups people who
01:49 are lesbian african-american and bi and
01:52 transgender and Native American and
01:54 proud of it we know that labels don't
01:57 devalue us they help define us keeping
02:00 us dialed into our cultures and our
02:01 beliefs and who we are as Americans
02:04 after all what's more American
02:06 freedom to celebrate the things that
02:08 make us us I mean it's stitched into the
02:11 Stars and Stripes of this country from
02:13 the Constitution to Gettysburg to our
02:15 motto e pluribus unum from many one even
02:20 in our country's name the United States
02:23 this year patriotism shouldn't just be
02:27 about pride of country it should be
02:29 about love love beyond age disability
02:32 sexuality race religion in any other
02:35 labels because the second any of us
02:37 judge people based on those labels we're
02:39 not really being patriotic are we so
02:42 let's try this one more time close your
02:44 eyes picture the average Joe or Joan or
02:48 Juan or jean-luc the real people make
02:54 America America
02:56 this year whenever you feel the urge to
02:58 down those star-spangled shorts set off
03:00 fireworks the size of my biceps show
03:02 love for our country remember that the
03:05 love America is to love all America's
03:08 because love has no ladies
03:15 [Music]