Is it normal that i feel nothing for it?

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The American flag means nothing to me. I don't understand the pride others feel toward it. I probably wouldn't burn one or anything but it doesn't bother me that people have done so. I have friends who have served so I guess it kind of makes me feel bad that I don't care for it. I just feel like some people blindly follow it and almost worship it, like some do with religion.

Even when I was a child, I never cared to recite the pledge of allegiance because I didn't understand what any of that shit meant. It was weird. I understand now, but it still seems rather cultish to ingrain those words and that ritual into such young, impressionable minds. Despite my apathy, I never even really verbally questioned the legitimacy of my feelings until now, 20 years after this began.

Does this make me a bad American? How do others feel about the American flag? People in other nations, how do you feel about your flag?

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  • sandnigga
    7 years ago

    To me its just a flag. A piece of cloth.

    I like America, and the freedoms we still have, but at the end of the day its only a piece of material.

    I do like seeing people defend the American Flag these days though. As you have people purposely disrespecting it.

    I say its how you go about burning the flag. Either in a communistic way, or a casually roasting marshmellows way lol

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  • Ian_gets_butthurt
    7 years ago

    The flag of the nation you live in means nothing to you? Assuming you live here. You're mad at the current state of reality? Correct?

    Revolutions occur throughout human history. Be ready.

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  • MR.mr
    7 years ago

    You're right about it being cultish, that's the point but that doesn't mean its a bad thing.
    While individualism is important to a certain degree it is also necessary for a country to have unifying features amongst its people.

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    • Ellenna
      7 years ago

      Cults aren't a bad thing? How are they ever good?

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      • MR.mr
        7 years ago

        They promote unity and a create sense of community and belonging. Societies need a certain amount of commonalities inorder to stabilize themselves.

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        • Ellenna
          7 years ago

          Those qualities can exist in a society without cults. Do you even know what the term means?

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          • MR.mr
            7 years ago

            A cult is any organization that has a strong emphasis on internal unity, usually coupled with an us vs them mentality. Cults also typically have their own rituals and symbols. They usually exist as a religious institution but this is not a necessity. Most importantly of all is the emphasis that those in the organization are superior to those outside of it for one reason or another, these reason range from being enlightened, to being chosen, to simply being apart of a great organization while others are not.

            Numerous organizations fit the bill, including most college fraternities and sororities.

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