I’ll go. I’m still proud of every American who has held in there through these 8 years and not given up on turning things around. We know what it is to live free and despite all the obstacles ahead there is still places that you can experience it.
I hear you have really realy big flags
Honestly, I’d say the national park system. But that’s a “for however long we still have it.”
Can you be proud of something that is just there and didn’t do anything for?
Happy yes, proud is more ment for achievements IMO.
Like you can be proud if you created a business an earned millions , not if you won it in a lottery.It’ll be full of oil rigs before you know it.
You mean the future oil fields of America?
Our country is beautiful, and we have an incredibly diverse array of climates. Tropical beaches, vast deserts, snow capped peaks, dense forest, sprawling grasslands. And so much of our land is protected in National Parks, BLM, National Forests… It’s truly a treasure.
I agree, the majority of Americans are decent, not racist or various forms of genophobic, and resisting as best they can. The government and media has merged into a monster. ii looks huge and scary; that’s by design. If you give up hope, they have won.
I disagree, the majority of Americans voted, and slightly less than half voted for the slightly less awful party.
They too support war, imperialism, oligarchs and big business, authoritarian police, put kids in cages, etc…
These people pretending to have a moral high ground do it out of purely selfish reasons now it affects them.
I’m legitimately struggling to answer this right now. I have little pride for nations in general, and none whatever for ours at the moment. I have plenty of pride for individuals and groups that are trying to do the right thing, but there’s nothing unique to America in that regard.
Patriotism is an artificially created and cultivated sentiment for the purpose of war and nothing else.
Especially so in the US where it reaches laughably absurd proportions.^ this. I’ve lived in other countries. Lots of Americans would benefit from traveling or living abroad. Nationalism is silly, and gets weaponized by the ruling class.
I’m proud that a man can overcome extravagant wealth and luxury, a low IQ, a criminal record, extreme narcissism to climb all the way to the top to become the worst leader in history.
Forrest Trump.
It’s sad that you could be talking about one of two people
Truly inspiring!
Even though there is a tsunami of hate, more than half the country is outraged and truly wants to defend those being targeted. I’m still proud of that, it’s the propaganda that affects the 30+% of the population that really sucks…
Remember: the entire population doesn’t vote. Roughly half of the voting population chooses this hatred.
I guess apathy is slightly better than hate, but it’s kind of hard to be proud that so many people see all this hate and chose to not vote.
Let’s not ignore all the efforts Republican governments have put into making it much more difficult for certain communities to vote
The apathy is definitely aggravating as well is the “both sides are terrible so I’m not participating at all.” My mom is one of the latter for sure :/
The pockets of blue areas that still would beat up nazis.
I know my fellow Philadelphians will beat an open nazi. And I have literally never seen a nazi in like 10+ years in Philly. Philly has 40+% of Black population (who are not fans of nazis), and Harris won by double digit percentage points, there is no chance someone can openly be a nazi wearing the swastica armband or doing the salute on a busy street around here and not get beaten.
Also, despite the ongoing autocrazation, I can still access any foreign website I want to, so at least the “free speech” aspect is still not totally gone (but if the republicans don’t get stopped soon, this is probably going away 😖).
I know where I live this is true, too, because just a couple years ago some Proud Boy Nazi bastards were holding a “protest” in our city, and like 3 times more people showed up to yell at the shit heads and counter-protest their “protest.” With how often I see MAGA hats, stickers or trump flags out here, it was a pleasant surprise seeing how many people were against these shit stains.
You’re damn right we will. Go Birds.
Despite this anti-immigrant push from the far right, we are very accepting of immigrants in general. If you’ve lived in the US for a while and speak English, we assume you are American and we consider you to be American. You don’t even need to have citizenship to necessarily be considered American by the average person. You just have to have been here for a while. This is much more open and accepting and than the vast majority of countries are.
We have had and currently have some incredible authors artists and musicians who make beautiful and brilliant things that reflect the spirit of the average American far better than the handful monsters who have power over us
That’s not to say other countries don’t also have fascinating and ingenious creators and cultures too, just saying that ours are the thing I like most about my country
Some things I’m proud of:
- The citizens that volunteer their time to defend the potential of others in their communities. E.g. youth development, homeless assistance.
- The common principles the nation is built on (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) and bind us together. Today, it seems the many ways those principles are interpreted has splintered society. However, in my experience, most Americans feel strongly about those principles, and they can be used as a basis for relationships across many unlikely social groups.
I think it’s easiest to be proud of your country and fellow citizens when you start interacting meaningful with your neighbors with an open mindset, regardless of their world view.
Funk music and brownies. I make both often! Very very good stuff.
The cities and states fighting back and keeping some sanity in these time. Best I got. I mean given our history we really need to be the best we can to make the best of ourselves that we can to justify our existence and we have been failing hard for ugh. Most of my life now.
My hobby is genealogy. Almost every generation seems to have someone in the family that endured significant hardship but made it through. The most recent one I found was a young child burned to death in a barn fire. Others are kids orphaned by flu or other illness. I always find that one person that could have quit - but didn’t. Americans seem to have a recessive resilient gene. It comes out only at dire need. This can give us great hope these days.
I’m sorry but this is humanity, survivorship bias and American exceptionalism all rolled up into one. You are living on planet ‘only americans are special’ and it’s properly crazy. Please educate yourself about the resiliance of people in every other nation on Earth. You’ll find there is precisely nothing american about it.
We know what it is to live free
If you’re white-cis-het-male, and obey all gender norms, obviously. Oh also rich.
Being rich doesn’t allow you to live free. It allows you to live in excess.
Living free is about being able to be who you are. Some people get the short end of the stick in our culture but they get basic freedoms many around the globe never get to experience. Yes, it is declining but there are plenty all around you that have experienced it.
basic freedoms many around the globe never get to experience
I’m in this comment 👀
(Former citizen of PRC btw)
