Are you proud of America?....

[Henry Hawk]

1. It's NOT a 'simple' yes/no question - for numerous reasons.

2. I want to know two things.  a) Why you think it's a simple yes/no question?  b) Why you appear to be claiming an all-encompassing pride in America?

A) yes or no?................i really don't see the difficulty there.
B) I am proud to live in a country, where despite our vast differences on many levels...............we can still work, eat, sleep, commute, chat.............and usually despite these differences...still be civil and friendly.............we have a beautiful land, with opportunities to do as we want...............though we still have rocks in the road....we have the freedoms to have rock removed or able to go around them......I 100% love my life and the opportunities that this country has allowed me to have......................why is this hard to admit and claim?  I can go on and on about the whys if you want me to...

[awol]

No, I answered it without reservation....

really?  then what's this?

I despise the liberal movement........ the socialistic tendencies that keep surfacing.....the entitlement mentality.......the anti-God talk......

or this?

I 1000% agree.....that one was an atrocity...and there HAS been some measures taken to offer apologies (big whoop   ), and, I'm sure we can bring up hundreds of other events that are just as horrible.........

[Henry Hawk]

really?  then what's this?

or this?

did you bang your head against something?.....

did i not say that we live in a country with vast differences......but we still get along?..........

seriously........what is your point?............awol?........why do you try to play perry mason on here and try to nail me on something....

I stand behind my words...........I am proud of America...............not so proud of some of it's people..........but, this COUNTRY...dang straight i am...

Why can't you say it?..............cause liberal are trained to think...........america ..is..BAD..    imo

[awol]

liberal [sic] are trained to think

what does that mean that conservatives are trained for?

[Henry Hawk]

what does that mean that conservatives are trained for?

stick to my question...will ya?

can you not answer with a yes or no?.....

let your yes mean yes and your no mean no..........and move on.

[Y]

1. It's NOT a 'simple' yes/no question - for numerous reasons.

2. I want to know two things.  a) Why you think it's a simple yes/no question?  b) Why you appear to be claiming an all-encompassing pride in America?

A) yes or no?................i really don't see the difficulty there.
B) I am proud to live in a country, where despite our vast differences on many levels...............we can still work, eat, sleep, commute, chat.............and usually despite these differences...still be civil and friendly.............we have a beautiful land, with opportunities to do as we want...............though we still have rocks in the road....we have the freedoms to have rock removed or able to go around them......I 100% love my life and the opportunities that this country has allowed me to have......................why is this hard to admit and claim?  I can go on and on about the whys if you want me to...

You don't see the difficulty because you don't choose to.

Just look through this thread, people have pointed out reasons.

I'm proud of our Constitution, but not what we've done with it.

I'm not proud of innumerable things Americans have allowed our government to do in our name, up to and including the two armed conflicts this country is involved in now where our president usurped power and congress abdicated power.

Many of the things you refer to can be said of any country whose basis is that of Western Civilization, that is Greco-Roman roots and the rule of law.

Therefore, that doesn't make this country either something truly different or something 'special', as in the eyes of god.

I'd like to be prouder of this country...unfortunately I don't see that happening.

[Henry Hawk]

A) yes or no?................i really don't see the difficulty there.
B) I am proud to live in a country, where despite our vast differences on many levels...............we can still work, eat, sleep, commute, chat.............and usually despite these differences...still be civil and friendly.............we have a beautiful land, with opportunities to do as we want...............though we still have rocks in the road....we have the freedoms to have rock removed or able to go around them......I 100% love my life and the opportunities that this country has allowed me to have......................why is this hard to admit and claim?  I can go on and on about the whys if you want me to...


You don't see the difficulty because you don't choose to.

Just look through this thread, people have pointed out reasons.

I'm proud of our Constitution, but not what we've done with it.

I'm not proud of innumerable things Americans have allowed our government to do in our name, up to and including the two armed conflicts this country is involved in now where our president usurped power and congress abdicated power.

Many of the things you refer to can be said of any country whose basis is that of Western Civilization, that is Greco-Roman roots and the rule of law.

Therefore, that doesn't make this country either something truly different or something 'special', as in the eyes of god.

I'd like to be prouder of this country...unfortunately I don't see that happening.

that is the best answer that i have heard yet....not that i 100% agree, but I actually follow your logic on this one.