Many Americans, especially on the Right, are extremely proud of their nationality and citizenship. But this country and its government do so many awful things so often that such pride requires a lot of cognitive dissonance.
Why Are You Proud To Be An American?
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The TMI Show" talk show. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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The only valid (if self-avowed) exceptionality of America is the vast abyss between what it loudly & smugly proclaims itself to be … as opposed to the grim reality of its abject, corrupt, vicious global criminality.