Are you proud to be American?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a dual citizen with Canada and the US, I've lived in each country for 15 years. Currently live in the US but would never call myself American. Grateful for all the opportunities the US has given me, but I'm wayyy more proud to be Canadian.

Our Founders knew what they were doing when they required the President to be born here.

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While you were busy trying think think of a witty comeback, I was posting that I was born in the US...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a dual citizen with Canada and the US, I've lived in each country for 15 years. Currently live in the US but would never call myself American. Grateful for all the opportunities the US has given me, but I'm wayyy more proud to be Canadian.

This is why U.S. should not permit dual citizenship.

[b]

Haha!! Is that why? Well then I guess tou won't like this: I was actually born in the US, moved to Canada when I was 2 years old. My parents and sisters are all Canadian, I'm the only one with dual citizenship.

I don't care how it happened. You can't hold an allegiance to more than one country. An adult should choose.

[b]

Well I guess it's too bad you don't make the rules 'eh?

Proud to be a leech?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a dual citizen with Canada and the US, I've lived in each country for 15 years. Currently live in the US but would never call myself American. Grateful for all the opportunities the US has given me, but I'm wayyy more proud to be Canadian.

This is why U.S. should not permit dual citizenship.

[b]

Haha!! Is that why? Well then I guess tou won't like this: I was actually born in the US, moved to Canada when I was 2 years old. My parents and sisters are all Canadian, I'm the only one with dual citizenship.

I don't care how it happened. You can't hold an allegiance to more than one country. An adult should choose.

[b]

Well I guess it's too bad you don't make the rules 'eh?

Interesting Canadian poster. People from stable countries seem to like the dual citizenship status. Whereas people from less stable countries, or for other reasons, seem to like giving up their former country citizenship.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a dual citizen with Canada and the US, I've lived in each country for 15 years. Currently live in the US but would never call myself American. Grateful for all the opportunities the US has given me, but I'm wayyy more proud to be Canadian.

This is why U.S. should not permit dual citizenship.

[b]

Haha!! Is that why? Well then I guess tou won't like this: I was actually born in the US, moved to Canada when I was 2 years old. My parents and sisters are all Canadian, I'm the only one with dual citizenship.

I don't care how it happened. You can't hold an allegiance to more than one country. An adult should choose.

[b]

Well I guess it's too bad you don't make the rules 'eh?

Proud to be a leech?

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You're nuts. I was born in DC and pay taxes in the US. When I'm in Canada I pay taxes to Canada AND THE US... But I'm a leech, ha! I also vote in the US, guess that bothers you too... Oh well!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hell,yes. I love this country and I am damn proud to call it home.

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[Anonymous]

Yes. I just had a DD and I tell her she's lucky to have been born in this country.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a dual citizen with Canada and the US, I've lived in each country for 15 years. Currently live in the US but would never call myself American. Grateful for all the opportunities the US has given me, but I'm wayyy more proud to be Canadian.

This is why U.S. should not permit dual citizenship.

[b]

Haha!! Is that why? Well then I guess tou won't like this: I was actually born in the US, moved to Canada when I was 2 years old. My parents and sisters are all Canadian, I'm the only one with dual citizenship.

I don't care how it happened. You can't hold an allegiance to more than one country. An adult should choose.

[b]

Well I guess it's too bad you don't make the rules 'eh?

Interesting Canadian poster. People from stable countries seem to like the dual citizenship status. Whereas people from less stable countries, or for other reasons, seem to like giving up their former country citizenship.

The duals I've known from Mexico are like the Canadian poster--love the opportunities but feel more allegiance to their other country.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a dual citizen with Canada and the US, I've lived in each country for 15 years. Currently live in the US but would never call myself American. Grateful for all the opportunities the US has given me, but I'm wayyy more proud to be Canadian.

This is why U.S. should not permit dual citizenship.

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Haha!! Is that why? Well then I guess tou won't like this: I was actually born in the US, moved to Canada when I was 2 years old. My parents and sisters are all Canadian, I'm the only one with dual citizenship.

I don't care how it happened. You can't hold an allegiance to more than one country. An adult should choose.

[b]

Well I guess it's too bad you don't make the rules 'eh?

Interesting Canadian poster. People from stable countries seem to like the dual citizenship status. Whereas people from less stable countries, or for other reasons, seem to like giving up their former country citizenship.

i am a dual citizen also and cant stand that attitude. The US comes first and I am very proud to be an American.

The duals I've known from Mexico are like the Canadian poster--love the opportunities but feel more allegiance to their other country.

[Anonymous]

Proud? No. I didn't become American through any merits of my own. Grateful for the opportunities I've had? Yes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a dual citizen with Canada and the US, I've lived in each country for 15 years. Currently live in the US but would never call myself American. Grateful for all the opportunities the US has given me, but I'm wayyy more proud to be Canadian.

This is why U.S. should not permit dual citizenship.

[b]

Haha!! Is that why? Well then I guess tou won't like this: I was actually born in the US, moved to Canada when I was 2 years old. My parents and sisters are all Canadian, I'm the only one with dual citizenship.

I don't care how it happened. You can't hold an allegiance to more than one country. An adult should choose.

That's such a weird way to look at things. Nations are not infallible. Loyalty to a nation makes it easier for that nation to make you do immoral things. Be loyal to your morals/values instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watching Katie Ledecky (sp) singing the national anthem and tearing up makes me happy to see someone why is proud to be American. From reading things on this site I know there are many here who hate America and everything it stands for.

Could you give examples of things you have read that lead you to believe that there are many here who hate America and everything it stands for?

Because I just read criticism -- which is our Free Speech right. Including a lot of criticism of Obama.

[Anonymous]

I'd be proud if I were Katie Ledecky or was risking my life for my country in the military, because then I would have done something to be proud of. Like others have said, I am deeply grateful to have been born here and there are a great many things about America that should be preserved as a remarkable step in human history. I am very proud of the intent, if not the reality, of what our forefathers and foremothers tried to establish - a country based on human freedom and dignity.

But, I don't think countries are sports teams and I'm no fan of blind allegiance. A true patriot must be willing to look at what needs to be fixed in order to stay true to our grand ideals and our very best selves. We should not be proud of ourselves when we don't, as a generation (if not as individuals), leave behind a better country than the one we inherited. Right now I think the near obsession with individual rights over collective action and concern for the community as a whole threatens that possibility. If our generation manages to avoid this pitfall, then we can be proud.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Watching Katie Ledecky (sp) singing the national anthem and tearing up makes me happy to see someone why is proud to be American. From reading things on this site I know there are many here who hate America and everything it stands for.

Could you give examples of things you have read that lead you to believe that there are many here who hate America and everything it stands for?

Because I just read criticism -- which is our Free Speech right. Including a lot of criticism of Obama.

There are many people abroad who hate America. To give you just one example, hundreds of millions, for example, believe that 9/11 was organized by our own government. It makes me sick to my stomach.

Just the other day, I was reading a sports section of a foreign newspaper online, and the newspaper claimed that American Olympic team is not tested against doping. There were dozens of angry comments.

Seeing the trash of the world engulfed in their conspiracies makes me , btw, even prouder to be an American. But it is a fact that we live in a world where many, many hate us.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a dual citizen with Canada and the US, I've lived in each country for 15 years. Currently live in the US but would never call myself American. Grateful for all the opportunities the US has given me, but I'm wayyy more proud to be Canadian.

This is why U.S. should not permit dual citizenship.

[b]

Haha!! Is that why? Well then I guess tou won't like this: I was actually born in the US, moved to Canada when I was 2 years old. My parents and sisters are all Canadian, I'm the only one with dual citizenship.

I don't care how it happened. You can't hold an allegiance to more than one country. An adult should choose.

[b]

Well I guess it's too bad you don't make the rules 'eh?

Interesting Canadian poster. People from stable countries seem to like the dual citizenship status. Whereas people from less stable countries, or for other reasons, seem to like giving up their former country citizenship.

The duals I've known from Mexico are like the Canadian poster--love the opportunities but feel more allegiance to their other country.

I am a dual citizen as well and I am appalled by that attitude. A citizenship is more than a convenience. For me, the US comes first and I am very proud to be an American.

[Anonymous]

Another proud American here. Also a veteran of the first gulf war.