I think the idea of Americans being patriotic is a total stereotype. Or, maybe it's limited to certain parts of the US. Here in WA, a lot of people seem like they couldn't care less about patriotism if not are completely ashamed of the direction the country is heading in. Don't get me wrong, Washingtonians are very politically motivated people, but they can actually admit there are messed up things going on and because of it the US is NOT the greatest country in the world. We try to change the bad stuff, rather than the accept it as it is and spread the propaganda we're fed about how awesome America apparently is and all that garbage. Personally if stuff got too bad here (think North Korean style gov't or war in the country), I wouldn't feel bad at all fleeing to Canada. Also I don't understand the fascination many people have with 9/11 (considering MOST people had no actual personal ties with the victims at all), and I wish it'd stop being talked about. Yeah it sucked but those people weren't any better than any of the many other people who have been murdered in different incidents, people just need to get over it already.
IIN Americans so arrogantly patriotic?
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I think the idea of Americans being patriotic is a total stereotype. Or, maybe it's limited to certain parts of the US. Here in WA, a lot of people seem like they couldn't care less about patriotism if not are completely ashamed of the direction the country is heading in. Don't get me wrong, Washingtonians are very politically motivated people, but they can actually admit there are messed up things going on and because of it the US is NOT the greatest country in the world. We try to change the bad stuff, rather than the accept it as it is and spread the propaganda we're fed about how awesome America apparently is and all that garbage. Personally if stuff got too bad here (think North Korean style gov't or war in the country), I wouldn't feel bad at all fleeing to Canada. Also I don't understand the fascination many people have with 9/11 (considering MOST people had no actual personal ties with the victims at all), and I wish it'd stop being talked about. Yeah it sucked but those people weren't any better than any of the many other people who have been murdered in different incidents, people just need to get over it already.