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Are you proud to be American/citizen of your country?

Would you openly say you are proud to be American/nationality of your country?

  • Yes, I am American and very proud to be American, and I will gladly tell that everybody.

    Votes: 23 24.0%

  • Yes, I am American and feel proud to be American, but I wouldn't boast with it..

    Votes: 6 6.3%

  • Yes, I'm American and proud, but I also think many things could be improved about my country.

    Votes: 26 27.1%

  • No. I'm American, but living here was not my achievement. So why should I be proud?

    Votes: 16 16.7%

  • No, I'm American and way too many things are going wrong here.

    Votes: 6 6.3%

  • Yes. I'm NOT American, but I'm proud to be citizen of my country.

    Votes: 3 3.1%

  • Yes. I'm NOT American, but I'm proud, although I see room for improvement..

    Votes: 4 4.2%

  • No. I'm NOT American, and being born here was not due to my efforts. Why being proud?

    Votes: 4 4.2%

  • No. I'm NOT American, and my country sucks. No way to be proud.

    Votes: 1 1.0%

  • other (please explain)

    Votes: 7 7.3%
  • Total voters
    96
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In Germany, for understandable reasons, many people are reluctant to say they're "proud to be German".

How about you? Are you proud to be American/British/[insert nationality here]? Or rather, would you openly word it this way?
 
German guy said:
In Germany, for understandable reasons, many people are reluctant to say they're "proud to be German".

How about you? Are you proud to be American/British/[insert nationality here]? Or rather, would you openly word it this way?
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No. I'm proud of my country most of the time, but I'm not proud to be an American. That was a lucky accident of birth.
 
I'm proud to be who I am. Period. Being American is one of many things that I am.
 
Proud to be a Dardanian here. No problem saying it out laud :)
 
Of course. I live in the greatest country in the world :usflag2:

I'm sure Germany has it's attributes, I mean you do make really great villains in the movies.

(sorry couldn't help myself)


It is on my list of places I want to visit.
 
i generally don't word it that way. i just say that i like living here, and i'm glad that i was born here. the older i get, the less i think of nationalism.
 
I'm proud of America's ideals. Thin lines drawn on a map mean little to me. I'm a patriot but not a nationalist.
 
Meh, I'm proud to be a human being, nationalities seems to merely be another way of societal separation.
 
I am proud to be an American, as well as a Bostonian.
 
Monserrat said:
Of course. I live in the greatest country in the world :usflag2:

I'm sure Germany has it's attributes, I mean you do make really great villains in the movies.

(sorry couldn't help myself)
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:D

Yeah, we have the ultimate benefit of having both Nazis and Commies in our historical baggage! When that's no opportunity ... :D

I love Indiana Jones, btw. ;)
 
soccerboy22 said:
I am proud to be an American, as well as a Bostonian.
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That second one is nothing to be proud of. "Ah you gonna get in the cahhh and drive up to Baaah Haaahboh this weekend?"
 
I am proud to be an American, though I certainly don't think that everything we do is right.
 
I don't take pride in the accomplishments of others or in matters I had no choice over. However there is much wrong with this country, mostly recent developments.

I also cannot stomach the "My country right or wrong" types, the fools.
 
rocket88 said:
That second one is nothing to be proud of. "Ah you gonna get in the cahhh and drive up to Baaah Haaahboh this weekend?"
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My mom is actually from Bah Hahboh, so I would say that.
 
German guy said:
In Germany, for understandable reasons, many people are reluctant to say they're "proud to be German".

How about you? Are you proud to be American/British/[insert nationality here]? Or rather, would you openly word it this way?
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I'm very glad I was born in the US...but I would feel the same way about being born in any modern country that affords you the opportunity the US does.

The proud aspect....I'm not so sure. How are you proud of place that you're here because your mom and dad happened to be geographically located on a specific area of the world? I generally take pride in my actions or results based on my actions.
 
MaggieD said:
No. I'm proud of my country most of the time, but I'm not proud to be an American. That was a lucky accident of birth.
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You can choose to not be an American and apply for citizenship in another country, and many people apply for citizenship here. It is not quite as cut and dried as an accident of birth.

While I would not word it quite as the poll options, I am proud of my country, I am proud to be a citizen of that country.
 
iliveonramen said:
I'm very glad I was born in the US...but I would feel the same way about being born in any modern country that affords you the opportunity the US does.

The proud aspect....I'm not so sure. How are you proud of place that you're here because your mom and dad happened to be geographically located on a specific area of the world? I generally take pride in my actions or results based on my actions.
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Yes, my feelings are similar. I'm very glad I was born in today's Germany, I usually like it here and I think more things are going right than wrong in my country. Maybe that's a pretty low yardstick, but I also support the Federal Republic because it's the best form of government Germany ever had. And... there is no place like home, right?

But I don't really feel "proud". It was a coincidence I was born here.

But assuming I had escaped a tyrannic previous German state, such as Nazi Germany or the communist GDR, and went to the US to enjoy freedom ... I would probably proud that I've made it, and that I took the effort and hassle connected to abandoning my home. In these regards, I am fond of that certain American sense of pride ... although some people maybe take it too far. :)
 
There are certainly worse places I could have been born.
 
I take no pride in things that I have no control over. I'm happy that I'm an American but I'm not proud of it.
 
I am proud of what I have achieved thus far and do not think I could have done as well from where I started out in any other place in the world, but I cannot say that I am so much proud to be an American in abstract as I am just pragmatically glad that borders matter.
 
I am proud my ancestors had the good sense to migrate to this country when they did. That afforded me and my family the opportunities to live and prosper in one of the greatest countries on the planet ( I might be a bit biased in this claim ) Since that time we assimilated to the ideals of the founders of this country and never looked back. I have never visited my ancestors homeland but would based on pure curiosity, not because I would want to live there.

I am not a world traveler so I can not say I have experienced a lot of other culture outside our borders, but I try to get along with everyone no matter the nationality or ideals. That said based on what I know from media and personal knowledge, I can't think of another country I would rather be.

I am proud to be an American and love my country. Some days I feel like it is changing so much that I do not identify with it as much as I did, but that is my struggle. Although there are things going on I don't like I still feel this is the best place for me.
 
Monserrat said:
Of course. I live in the greatest country in the world :usflag2:

I'm sure Germany has it's attributes, I mean you do make really great villains in the movies.

(sorry couldn't help myself)


It is on my list of places I want to visit.
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Unfortunately, most of the great German villains in movies were British actors.
 
No, I was born here. That's not something to take pride or shame in
 
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