Are you proud to be an American?

[Mack The Finger]

It's a real shame that people like IM2 have such hate in their heart, over skin color...He says he's so mad about the wrongs of the past, that he doesn't even see that his hatred perpetuates racism...

Great Post !

Living in the past and being hateful is self destructive behavior.

 

[BackAgain]

I was born here. I want this country to live up to the ideals written on paper . You don't.

You lie. You hate America. Especially white people in America.

 

[Mack The Finger]

I do nevertheless feel pride in our heritage of doing good for the world.

That is the best way of putting it.

 

[Meathead]

I was born here. I want this country to live up to the ideals written on paper . You don't.

It was your good fortune (and our misfortune) that your weak ancestors got enslaved then sent to America. By rights, you should have been born in a shithole.

 

[j-mac]

If you really are a soldier of some type, any type, thank you for your service.

Why “If”?

 

[eagle1462010]

Why “If”?

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Thankyou.

But I wonder about those who jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

BRAVO ZULU

 

[Dragonlady]

Bullshit.

My country has saved more lives, accomplished more and led the world more than any other nation. We are the only nation with men and women ready to put their lives on the line any day, any time, for a threat anywhere in the world and the capability of delivering mind boggling amounts of weaponery anywhere on the planet. They sit on ready status while we sit in our houses, eating our pizza, and watching our TV's.

If you aren't proud of our nation, feel free to GET THE **** OUT.

We have a line of people wanting to get in. Nobody else does. We must be doing something right.

Thank God for the USA.

You're not even a blip in history. You lead the world for 70 years. The Roman Empire stood for 1,000 years. The British Empire started in the late 1500's and still exists today.

You are NOT the only nation in the world willing to put your lives on the line for what you believe in, not by a long shot.

Why must those who disagree with YOU, get out? Why don't you go live in any other authoritarian dictatorship in the world, and leave the USA to those who choose democracy?

Lots of nations have "a line waiting to get in". All of the world's first world nations have similar lines.

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

Poll Shows Drastic Political Split in National Pride​

National pride has gone down with young people overall. It has gone down with Democrats overall.
When asked if they were "extremely" or "very proud," 92 percent of Republicans said this.
Democrats? Only 36 percent.

If not, is there a country you would rather be in?

Are You Proud to Be an American? New Poll Shows Drastic Political Split in National Pride

No, Trump has ruined that.

You disgusting MAGA Nazi traitors have ruined that.

 

[Meathead]

You're not even a blip in history. You lead the world for 70 years. The Roman Empire stood for 1,000 years.

You are NOT the only nation in the world willing to put your lives on the line for what you believe in, not by a long shot.

Why must those who disagree with YOU, get out? Why don't you go live in any other authoritarian dictatorship in the world, and leave the USA to those who choose democracy?

Lots of nations have "a line waiting to get in". All of the world's first world nations have similar lines.

Still better than being a obese woman from a backwater shithole.

 

[j-mac]

Thankyou.

But I wonder about those who jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

BRAVO ZULU

Me too, that's why I was Air Assault...While I have jumped out of a plane, that was decades ago when I was far younger and a little more brave than today...lol...

 

[2aguy]

Poll Shows Drastic Political Split in National Pride​

National pride has gone down with young people overall. It has gone down with Democrats overall.
When asked if they were "extremely" or "very proud," 92 percent of Republicans said this.
Democrats? Only 36 percent.

If not, is there a country you would rather be in?

Are You Proud to Be an American? New Poll Shows Drastic Political Split in National Pride

I am 100% proud to be an American......I live in a country that in a short 249 years, has freed more people around the world, lifted more people in this country and around the world out of poverty, ended the slavery of black humans by the democrat party, ended the democrat party denying Civil Rights to black Americans, and works endlessly to improve itself.....

No country is perfect, but America is the best of an imperfect bunch...and defeating the democrats gave us a chance to keep being a good and great country.

 

[2aguy]

Bullshit.

My country has saved more lives, accomplished more and led the world more than any other nation. We are the only nation with men and women ready to put their lives on the line any day, any time, for a threat anywhere in the world and the capability of delivering mind boggling amounts of weaponery anywhere on the planet. They sit on ready status while we sit in our houses, eating our pizza, and watching our TV's.

If you aren't proud of our nation, feel free to GET THE **** OUT.

We have a line of people wanting to get in. Nobody else does. We must be doing something right.

Thank God for the USA.

Absolutely, freaking right......

 

[2aguy]

BS. And people leave this country every day.

They are leaving because they are here illegally....or are ungrateful celebrities, who are going to countries that have worse human rights records and who are now swamped by 3rd world, violent men......who are turning Europe into a rape happy craphole.

 

[2aguy]

Of course I am proud, and extremely lucky to have been born an American. I put on this country's uniform because I love this country...

America believes in rights that few others do, such as your right to disagree. America when disaster happens is always on board to help, friend, or foe...

America stands up for the underdog, and protects the torch of freedom around the world. We are a true force for good. And I am glad that America is in that role around the world to keep the evil at bay. Without us, who would do it?

Yep.......you nailed it....

 

[DGS49]

This thread prompts a few thoughts in my tiny brain. As a general proposition I do not recognize pride in something over which a person has no control. I was born in the U.S., and I'm a U.S. citizen so from that standpoint I take no pride in that empty fact.

However, I have done quite a bit to contribute to society. I joined the Army when it was my time to do so, served honorably, I have always obeyed the law and paid my taxes and I've done nothing to denigrate or diminish this country. I'm proud of that.

The discussions surrounding the MAGA slogan are worth having. Is America great; was it ever great; is it true that something had to happen to (try to) make America great AGAIN?

The country that I grew up in was pretty ******* great. To be ludicrous for a moment and recalling the Boy Scout pledge, MOST Americans were trustworthy, loyal, helpful, courteous, kind, obedient and respectful of authority, generally brave, and reverent within their own religious idiom. This is not self-serving B.S. It is the society that I grew up in (pardon the ending preposition).

An example comes up. In the last couple years of WWII, there were a couple hundred POW camps spread around the U.S., with enemy soldiers quartered here because there was no place overseas that could take them. Large numbers of them ended up interacting with Americans, mainly farmers and a few others in food production. Almost every first person account indicates that the Americans who interacted with these POW's treated them with consideration, respect, and kindness, even knowing that they and their comrades had taken up arms against their (the Americans') sons, friends, and neighbors.

That's pretty ******* great. Would that happen today? Would that happen in any other country on earth? Would that happen in a Muslim country? Do Muslims even take POW's, except as hostages that they can use to extort money and exchanges from their adversaries?

And yet that was not extraordinary at the time. American people were like that. There were ass-holes, of course, but Americans were generally like that.

A lot of "us" are doing our best to make America great again. But half the country denies that it was ever great, and are only looking to see what they can get for free, and whom they can get to pay for it. They revel in empty claims about how terrible America was to women and POC's, ignoring the fact that every other country under the sun did/does the same. **** all of yinz. I hope you never win another election - except in NYC, where you deserve exactly what you will get.

 

[Eman623]

I didn't ask to be born here and I can't really take pride in something that I did not personally accomplish.

But I am extremely proud of my country and I take pride in my support of it.

America is great. Always has been, always will be.

 

[2aguy]

No, Trump has ruined that.

You disgusting MAGA Nazi traitors have ruined that.

Wow....you really are a dumb human being.....MAGA is the exact opposite of being a nazi.......you need to be a democrat if you want to be a nazi....

 

[Dr. Phosphorous]

Wow....you really are a dumb human being.....MAGA is the exact opposite of being a nazi.......you need to be a democrat if you want to be a nazi....

You voted for your own death so that Trump can take your health insurance.

Nothing is more ******* stupid than that.

 

[airplanemechanic]

And I'll do that when you European Americans go back to Europe.

I don't consider myself a "European American" and never have.

I'm an American.

So stick that in your black ass pipe and smoke it. God knows it wouldn't be the first thing you ever smoked.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Used to be. Not so much at the moment.