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I find it detrimental to the nation and society as a whole when you put anything in front of American.
I am proud of my heritage (Irish, German, Welsh.. etc) however I am more proud to be an American. I was born here, I wore the uniform for her and even if I have political differences with people in charge.... it is still my home and I am blessed and honored that my soul was able to be here.
My feeling is if you have to put anything in front of "American" you have an identity crisis and need to either move to wherever or get over it. Be happy who you are. Realize that when I put something in front of American (say Irish) I put my Irish heritage above and beyond my American, now tell me how is that good for the country? It ain't.
We are fucking all Americans (well, those of us here, legally), we need to be proud of our country and rebuild her to her majestic glory.
When my great grandmother came from Germany and became a citizen, she didn't say "I'm German American" she proudly stated for the rest of her 96 years, "I am an American."
I am an American. Nothing else.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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