I think most of us would say we love our country, and that we are glad we were born there. It's just the nuances - knowing that the country does crap we don't like isn't the same as being ashamed (or less than proud) in general.
Gallup - Conservatives more proud to be American than Liberals.....
- 04/07/2013 09:12:12 PM
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- 04/07/2013 09:12:12 PM
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That seems like a no-brainer. What I find more remarkable...
- 04/07/2013 10:15:10 PM
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I'm not all that surprised by that, either.
- 04/07/2013 10:47:41 PM
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I'm trying to think my way through this, and I keep running into holes.
- 04/07/2013 10:48:59 PM
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I really don't want to get into the sickness known as nationalism (patriotism)
- 05/07/2013 07:10:09 PM
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P.S. (more thoughts on worldwide government)
- 05/07/2013 08:57:01 PM
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Interesting general thought train, let me hop on board
- 07/07/2013 12:52:18 PM
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Mmm.
- 09/07/2013 05:44:04 PM
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Interplanetary just doesn't leave much interdependence
- 09/07/2013 08:14:18 PM
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Them's some cool beans.
- 09/07/2013 09:11:50 PM
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Re: Them's some cool beans.
- 09/07/2013 10:11:50 PM
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At the risk of putting this post even further into Books board territory...
- 10/07/2013 06:33:02 PM
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I've decided to pretend we're still entirely on the original subject 
- 11/07/2013 01:13:15 AM
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- 11/07/2013 01:13:15 AM
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Hold the phone, Mabel: Patriotism and nationalism are not synonymous.
- 11/08/2013 08:04:40 PM
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That's because being born in America is the best thing they ever did
- 05/07/2013 07:04:54 PM
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Congrats! You win the bitterness award.
- 05/07/2013 09:49:00 PM
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Er. Obviously?
- 06/07/2013 02:24:44 PM
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Actually, liberals say, let's make the US a socialist state and control everything people do.
- 06/07/2013 04:54:00 PM
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By what measure, I wonder...
- 06/07/2013 04:21:57 PM
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Being proud of America has zero to do with our government.....
- 06/07/2013 04:57:30 PM
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I don't think this is accurate.
- 06/07/2013 10:58:43 PM
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You'd have to list the study
- 07/07/2013 12:10:13 AM
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Every study.
- 07/07/2013 01:14:48 AM
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Really, you have a list of every single study conducted on the matter?
- 07/07/2013 02:51:05 AM
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I have a list of every study I listed!
- 07/07/2013 03:55:21 AM
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Damn, you just got schooled! Good Job by Isaac.
- 07/07/2013 04:27:45 AM
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Good Job by Isaac.
- 07/07/2013 04:27:45 AM
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Were you actively trying to prove the point of your opponents there?
- 07/07/2013 09:10:06 AM
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I noticed that too in the Cato study.
- 07/07/2013 09:50:19 AM
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There is admittedly a big difference between BBC and Pravda but I think mistrust is often justified
- 07/07/2013 11:39:03 AM
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I'm thinking the board is dead enough to quality for "rainy day" status, but okay.
- 08/07/2013 06:49:57 PM
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Also it was raining at the time here, still is, NE Ohio has been a giant mud puddle all month
- 08/07/2013 11:14:57 PM
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- 08/07/2013 11:14:57 PM
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Catos study is a transparent joke, hence ranking a city in Red China second for capitalisms sake.
- 11/08/2013 08:44:04 PM
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Nice non-reply.
- 09/07/2013 05:23:25 PM
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You didn't say anything meriting an in-depth response
- 09/07/2013 08:52:13 PM
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Actually....
- 10/07/2013 03:00:42 AM
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One of your examples was bad and you want me to do the others too?
- 10/07/2013 03:52:20 AM
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