Proud Of Your Home Country?


Are you proud of your home country?  

477 members have voted

  1. 1. Are you proud of your home country?

    • Yes, very patriotic towards it
      267
    • No, its simply a place of residence to me
      101
    • I'm ashamed of it
      67
    • Other
      42
  2. 2. What country is your "home country?"

    • United States
      140
    • Canada
      56
    • Australia
      32
    • United Kingdom
      97
    • Another American Country Not Listed
      16
    • Another European Country Not Listed
      55
    • China
      7
    • Other
      74


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I have dual citizenship (born in Canada, grew up in Germany, now I'm back in Canada), and I love both countries. One thing that's going to keep me here for a while is that I've been drafted in Germany. I love the country, but now that much.

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It's pretty embarrassing to be from the States these days. I mean, a lot of Americans are ignorant and intolerant. It seems our current government promotes that behavior. In fact, I never would want to live in the US unless it was a big city like NYC. The rest of the US seems culturally vapid.

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It's pretty embarrassing to be from the States these days. I mean, a lot of Americans are ignorant and intolerant. It seems our current government promotes that behavior. In fact, I never would want to live in the US unless it was a big city like NYC. The rest of the US seems culturally vapid.

Sadly, in many areas there are more of these types than not. Me and my friend had a discussion relating to this earlier tonight. Still, there are a lot of things we do have right as a nation IMO.

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It's pretty embarrassing to be from the States these days. I mean, a lot of Americans are ignorant and intolerant. It seems our current government promotes that behavior. In fact, I never would want to live in the US unless it was a big city like NYC. The rest of the US seems culturally vapid.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/

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So your advice is to leave? Thank God the people who had their land stolen, the slaves who wanted to be free, the women who wanted to vote, the Americans put into interment camps, the non-white Americans who wanted to drink from the same water fountains as whites, the immigrants who face racism everyday, or anybody who thinks that the US can become a better place didn't follow your advice. The US would be empty, except for a bunch of rednecks, hicks, and Pat Robertson.

But hey, three cheers for the red, white, and blue, huh?

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I wish there was a "yeah, sorta patriotic" option. On the one hand, I like living in Canada, and I'm pretty happy to live here, but I don't really have any sort of 'national pride.' I don't support my country no matter what, and I'm very critical of it.

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I wish there was a "yeah, sorta patriotic" option. On the one hand, I like living in Canada, and I'm pretty happy to live here, but I don't really have any sort of 'national pride.' I don't support my country no matter what, and I'm very critical of it.

Enough said. Exactly the same here.

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So your advice is to leave? Thank God the people who had their land stolen, the slaves who wanted to be free, the women who wanted to vote, the Americans put into interment camps, the non-white Americans who wanted to drink from the same water fountains as whites, the immigrants who face racism everyday, or anybody who thinks that the US can become a better place didn't follow your advice. The US would be empty, except for a bunch of rednecks, hicks, and Pat Robertson.

But hey, three cheers for the red, white, and blue, huh?

Bunch of rednecks, hicks, and Pat Robertson, arn't you being a little hypocritical? you were just talking about people facing racism and being supressed. By your definition, what is a redneck and a hick?

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I'm in the UK and and mostly feel "this is where I live".

I do feel patriotic sometimes, but usually only when something like the July bombings happens - maybe it's more to do with empathy for the suffering of others who are also British. I do like the British way of doing things, I think - it is hard to explain what I mean.

There are also places I like to be and I think Britain, good, why go anywhere else. Then there are things I hate about this country that make me want to leave.

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So your advice is to leave? Thank God the people who had their land stolen, the slaves who wanted to be free, the women who wanted to vote, the Americans put into interment camps, the non-white Americans who wanted to drink from the same water fountains as whites, the immigrants who face racism everyday, or anybody who thinks that the US can become a better place didn't follow your advice. The US would be empty, except for a bunch of rednecks, hicks, and Pat Robertson.

But hey, three cheers for the red, white, and blue, huh?

Thank you, the whole 'love it or leave it' attitude is such a copout BS way to get one's point across, one can love their country and still be critical of it's government's decisions. I'm prooud of the U.S and what it has overcome since it's beginning. I love the fact that this is a democratic free country but i do not like our current president and the way he was went about things.

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It's pretty embarrassing to be from the States these days. I mean, a lot of Americans are ignorant and intolerant. It seems our current government promotes that behavior. In fact, I never would want to live in the US unless it was a big city like NYC. The rest of the US seems culturally vapid.

Haha, that is the attitude that has become synonomous with "New Yorker". People who think there's no life outside the boroughs. I grew up in New Hampshire which is admittedly very rural but I now live in an urban setting and if there's anyone lacking real culture it's those who have never lived outside a city.

That said, I don't know if I'm proud of living in the U.S. I am certainly glad I grew up here and probably wouldn't want to live anywhere else. However, I usually reserve pride for accomplishments rather than something I had no control over (e.g. where I was born).

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Yea, and I love it. I've lived in other places and although they are great, there really is no place like home. It's a shame because a lot of people go to places on holiday and think it's way better than the UK, but in reality after the holiday feeling has gone and you are looking for a job, good wage, foods, schools, health services, costs etc and reality hits in, it is rarely the case.

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