Are you proud to be a citizen of your country?

by **Euronion** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:33 pm

I'm an American and I'm extremely proud to be an American. I love my country and plan on serving in the Armed Forces after College. Though I took APUSH this year and I am surprised to hear many people say that after taking the class, that they are no longer proud to be an American. I disagree vehemently and explained why I am still proud to be an American, more so even, after learning our much more about our history. This got me wondering if there were any others who felt the same way as I did or as my classmates did so I did a quick Google search and found that several people simply think that you shouldn't be proud to be anything because it is just like racism in the sense that you can't change where you were born just like you can't change what skin color you were born with (unless you're Michael Jackson). It got me wondering how many of you on NS feel proud to be a citizen of your nation, what nation is it? why are you proud? or why aren't you proud? I added in a poll that included a separate answer for Americans because I'm curious to see how Americans feel about their country compared to how non-Americans feel about their country.

by **Costa Alegria** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:36 pm

Sort of. I like being a New Zealander, mainly because everyone likes New Zealand for some strange reason but I do wish our country was run better. And that the general public was a shining example of our apparently good education system rather than a show of general ignorance towards most issues.

Edit: And I also wish we had a better football team.

by **Tagmatium** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:36 pm

Meh, basically.

by **The Whispers** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:37 pm

No. Fairly happy, though.

by **Towson** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:38 pm

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZf619DIpo

by **Blazedtown** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:40 pm

Absolutely.

by **Cannot think of a name** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:43 pm

It was granted by being born here by parents who were born here and there is no threat of it being taken away, so in that sense of pride, no. In the sense of pride that I enjoy the position and am happy with my association with it...well, I like my state a lot but outside of that I could live anywhere, lots of different places have their charm.

I like that even though as often as not our solutions suck, we have a system that doesn't assume perfection but rather assumes that governance evolves with time and has built in a system that allows us to address and change the way we approach things. That has its problems, but we get a chance to address those as well. But honestly, just about every developed nation in the world operates that way these days so...you know...nothing special I guess, even if we go on about it making us special all the time.

by **Regnum Dominae** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:44 pm

American. Most of the time meh, but I'm not proud that we are home to people like Michele Bachmann and Todd Akin.

Also, patriotism is an outdated concept in an increasingly global society.

by **Kemalist** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:45 pm

Yes and I will always be.

by **TaQud** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:46 pm

by **Ifreann** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:48 pm

Not really. I didn't exactly earn it(I believe my mother did most of the hard work), it's not like there's much of a movement to try and make me ashamed of it, nor does it hold me back in life.

by **Tiltjuice** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:51 pm

More or less, though there are certain aspects of the U.S. with which I'm less than pleased.

by **Regnum Dominae** » Sat May 11, 2013 5:54 pm

If it were my choice, I'd be in switzerland or japan right now. The USA is good enough for now though.

by **SaorAlba** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:02 pm

I'm proud to be Scottish & European.

by **The God-Realm** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:03 pm

No.

/thread for americans

by **The God-Realm** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:03 pm

Regnum Dominae wrote:If it were my choice, I'd be in switzerland or japan right now. The USA is good enough for now though.

>japan

I live there and it sucks.

by **TaQud** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:06 pm

The God-Realm wrote:
Regnum Dominae wrote:If it were my choice, I'd be in switzerland or japan right now. The USA is good enough for now though.

>japan

I live there and it sucks.

thats 1 opinion though.

The next person maybe Nervun for example, who lives in japan can say its a great place to live.

by **The God-Realm** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:09 pm

TaQud wrote:
The God-Realm wrote:>japan

I live there and it sucks.

thats 1 opinion though.

The next person maybe Nervun for example, who lives in japan can say its a great place to live.

Nervun is a wapanese IIRC so of course he likes it.

by **Veceria** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:10 pm

I'm proud to be a citizen of my country.
I'm not proud of my country, though. Not American, btw.

by **Regnum Dominae** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:11 pm

The God-Realm wrote:
Regnum Dominae wrote:If it were my choice, I'd be in switzerland or japan right now. The USA is good enough for now though.

>japan

I live there and it sucks.

Yes, I know, everything besides North Korea sucks in your opinion.

by **Anollasia** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:12 pm

I'm a Turkish and a Canadian citizen.

by **The God-Realm** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:13 pm

Regnum Dominae wrote:
The God-Realm wrote:>japan

I live there and it sucks.

Yes, I know, everything besides North Korea sucks in your opinion.

No.

Everything besides heavy metal, Postal 2, and North Korea sucks in my opinion, get it right.

by **Esternial** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:13 pm

I'm Belgian and I'm proud to be a citizen of my country. We're a weird little enigma, but still managed to distinguish ourselves.

Sure, my country does some stupid shit sometimes, but overall I think they're managing. They're doing their best, which all we can ask.

Plus chocolate, beer and fries.

by **Meryuma** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:13 pm

I'm proud to be Cascadian.

by **Disserbia** » Sat May 11, 2013 6:14 pm

Hell yes but I can't answer your poll accurately unless I can choose two options.