<p>Are you proud?</p>
<p>I’m proud to be an Asian-American.</p>
<p>I am both proud and disappointed. I am proud of how progressive some Americans are; I think that there is a strong progressive undercurrent in our history. I am also disappointed by all the issues today - which includes racial tensions. </p>
<p>Nevertheless, I’m still proud to boast of such Americans as Lincoln, John Brown, and William Lloyd Garrison!</p>
<p>I’m neither proud nor ashamed. It’s not like I chose to be born in America, it’s just the luck of the draw and I was kept here by my parents. I am, however, ashamed of the arrogance and ignorance of most Americans I encounter.</p>
<p>Not necessarily. We’re American because we were born in America, I feel no pride for something that I was born into.</p>
<p>^ ditto. Actually blind patriotism quite annoys me.</p>
<p>Trust me, be proud to be an American, y’all have no idea what y’all take for granted everyday.</p>
<p>Being proud is not the same thing as being grateful. I am extremely grateful for everything I have. That doesn’t mean I’m “proud.” There’s nothing to be proud of- I didn’t earn it.</p>
<p>I’d have to agree with @alwaysleah… Grateful, not necessarily proud…</p>
<p>There’s definitely some things here to be proud of, but with shows like Jersey Shore and Sixteen and Pregnant, it’s hard to be proud… Lol</p>
<p>Yes, I would say so. It’s an identity thing, and in the same way people on this site can become so enamored with their dream schools and Alma maters, I’m similarly attached to the country to which I belong. </p>
<p>That I didn’t have a choice to be born here gives me all the more reason to be proud. I like to think that in some very minuscule way, my peers and I define what it means to be “American” (and I guess saying that America, in turn, defines <em>me</em> would also be true). How can I hate what I am? </p>
<p>This is home to me. So yes, I am proud to call it my own.</p>
<p>For me it has nothing to do with stupid TV shows or whether or not I agree with our current politics or whatever. I just:</p>
<p>1) can’t feel pride for a country. It’s not a person or anything. It’s a huge plot of land drawn between imaginary lines. </p>
<p>2) nothing to feel pride over because I didn’t contribute anything to make this country the way it is. </p>
<p>3) feel that pride must be earned. I didn’t do anything to become an American other than have the luck to be born here. </p>
<p>Also I find myself quite embarrassed about the way our government conducts itself in foreign affairs whenever I am abroad. But that’s irrelevant for this purpose.</p>
<p>Yes. No country is perfect, blah blah but honestly, being a girl in America has major props. If I was in some other country and acted as barbaric and insane as I do here, I’d probably have rocks thrown at me, SHOT, KILLED, SLICED INTO A SANDWICH, ROFLMAO</p>
<p>But in all honesty, yeah, our debt sucks, we’re not the smartest country, our government sucks, but we have a lot of freedom here. I wasn’t born there sooo yeap. Looking at cons isn’t the best way to life live lol Y0Lo~&^</p>
<p>I think America’s pros GREATLY outweigh the cons. Like, I can’t stress that enough. Especially as a girl, there are so many worse places I could have been born. There isn’t a day that goes by that I’m not extremely grateful that I have a roof over my head, food, clean water, health care, education, social mobility, social freedom (hopefully my right to birth control won’t be taken away…lulz), lawful protection from abuse, assault, and rape, etc. etc. </p>
<p>So grateful. But to me it’s the same thing as say, my parents giving me shelter. I’m grateful, but I’m not proud of my house. I’m not proud of being a resident of XXX, I just am. I didn’t work to pay the rent or to build it, so while I’m grateful that I have it what do I have to be proud of? If that makes sense.</p>
<p>of course. i don’t think i would ever leave America, even if China’s economy is better! Ok I might get a job there when I’m older but we’ll see… :)</p>
<p>yes, i wish…</p>
<p>my parents and i were having the whole grateful does not equal proud debate…i kept on telling them i was not proud because i did not work hard to become an American, i didn’t spent time or put in effort. however, i felt grateful to be in a nation where you have so many educational opportunities that allow class mobility. my parents still disagree…</p>
<p>I am proud to be Korean-American.</p>
<p>America has its faults but I hold esteem for the educated public.</p>
<p>I’m grateful for the rights that America allows me… but I’m not proud of the fat/ugly American stereotype. Because to a certain extent, it’s true.</p>
<p>While I am grateful for all the rights I have, I can’t say I’m proud, especially seeing all the people that being an American associates me with.
-Obesity rates
-50% of us don’t believe in evolution
-Santorum was considered a serious contender for president… how did that even happen?
-Religions plays a fairly large role, and in my opinion it shouldn’t even be considered.
-Americans are so desperate to maintain a “traditional America”. Gays can’t get married, and people are arrested for marijuana possession even though it is less harmful than so many other legal drugs (Alcohol and tobacco). People should be able to decide what they want to put into their bodies.</p>
<p>Sorry for the rant :)</p>
<p>Following on your logic, if people should be able to decide what they want to put into their bodies, then wouldn’t we have a bunch of crackheads running around America?</p>