Reply #11: Well, I'm PROUD to be an American [View All]

[silverojo]

I have respect for those who came before me, and turned this country into what it is. Yes, we have problems--many of them big ones--but I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

I love other countries and am interested in their cultures, though politics does tend to make me PO'ed at certain countries' governments. So I'm no ignorant American...I've had penpals overseas since I was 15, and have thus developed a lifelong interest in other people and their traditions.

But in the end, I'm an American, and I love my country--that's why I'm so angered by what is being done to it of late.

If you don't really understand the "youthful determination of America", then I pity you. You arrogantly overlook the hard work that people like Michael Phelps have put into their training, writing it off as "he swims really fast". Maybe you could develop a great talent, too, if you'd get off your ass and actually do something. Those who can, do...those who can't just make light of the accomplishments of those who work for years to reach a goal. Sure, the guy who came in last deserves respect for his hard work...but the fact that he didn't do well proves that several people worked harder.

The American spirit is what has driven this country through the good times and the bad, what has inspired people to invent remarkable things, and create social changes that have been adopted nearly worldwide.

Read the works of people like Laura Ingalls Wilder (not just the "Little House" books), and get to know the amazing generation of American pioneers, who deserve our respect. Grasp the fact that if it weren't for American innovation, you wouldn't even be able to post this crap about not caring less about being an American.