Proud to be an American?
Jun. 4th, 2007 11:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
badstarSomeone just brought up the question on a forum that I frequent. Asked "Are you proud to be an American?"
My answer? No, not particularly...but not particularly not.
Before the flames get lit....
I don't see the the place where I happen to have popped into the world as a point of pride (or lack thereof). Sheer dumb luck is all that was. Sheer dumb luck might just as easily have placed me in Somalia or the rural Dakotas...or as the child of a royal family somewhere.
I also don't see my genetics as a point of pride (or lack thereof). So I've never understood the point of people making a big deal over *insert ethnic group of your choice* pride.
Therefore, extreme patrotism and excessive flag waving kinda baffles me. Am I thankful for where I am and what's available to me? Sure...but that's not the same thing.
My answer? No, not particularly...but not particularly not.
Before the flames get lit....
I don't see the the place where I happen to have popped into the world as a point of pride (or lack thereof). Sheer dumb luck is all that was. Sheer dumb luck might just as easily have placed me in Somalia or the rural Dakotas...or as the child of a royal family somewhere.
I also don't see my genetics as a point of pride (or lack thereof). So I've never understood the point of people making a big deal over *insert ethnic group of your choice* pride.
Therefore, extreme patrotism and excessive flag waving kinda baffles me. Am I thankful for where I am and what's available to me? Sure...but that's not the same thing.
