I suspect they think you have to be Redneck* to be truly ‘American’. Me no likey that…

November 25, 2007 /

You Are 51% American


Most times you are proud to be an American.
Though sometimes the good ole US of A makes you cringe
Still, you know there’s no place better suited to be your home.
You love your freedom and no one’s going to take it away from you!

I mean, really, isn’t it our job as Americans to disagree sometimes with the decisions made by our leaders, to continually want our country to live up to its ideals, to try to make it the best country on earth? I know this is a silly blogthing, but I suspect I lost American points for not having a ton of debt, for preferring wine to beer, and brie to American cheese. WTF?

Anyway, at least I topped the 50% mark. Harumph.

*No offense, Jimmy, my Redneck friend!

13 Comments

  • Gina

    November 25, 2007 at 8:25 am

    Yikes!

    You Are 41% American

    America: You don’t love it or want to leave it.
    But you wouldn’t mind giving it an extreme make over.
    On the 4th of July, you’ll fly a freak flag instead…
    And give Uncle Sam a sucker punch!

    Um, hello, freak flag? Was it because I picked Clinton over the other two?

  • Susan in Italy

    November 26, 2007 at 4:26 am

    Evidently I’m only 44% American walking stereotype. C’est la vie, oops! I mean “oh well…”

    One of the things I love about the States (well, about my own anecdotal experience there) is that way fewer people seem to have hard and fast rules about what it means to be an “American”. In Spain, France and Italy, the people I have met have thought it a much clearer and easier thing to define what is and isn’t Spanish, French or Italian. The notion that to be American means you can celebrate certain holiday or not, practice a certain religion or not, dress in a certain way, eat certain things, play certain sports or not, is refreshing.

  • amuirin

    November 26, 2007 at 3:20 pm

    I understand your feelings completely. Sometime during the aftermath of 9-11, I started assuming that people on the road who flew american flags from their truck antenna’s could be assumed to not be too bright.

    I suppose that’s a terrible sweeping generalization, but it seemed to me that all too soon after the towers came down, the American flag lost some of it’s proud symbolism and became a sign of solidarity among folks who were announcing the ‘us’ and ‘them’ frame of mind. Also… to my mind there are more respectful ways to express patriotism than whipping the flag of your country through dirt and grit and all sorts of ugly weather.

    The things I love about America seem to be the things that fall to scorn and derision when this country is faced with threat. I’m not terribly outspoken, but I can’t count the number of times I’ve come face to face with the attitude, ‘shut up or get out’ when I’ve questioned the actions and intentions of our government. I don’t think that’s what the forefathers had in mind when they designed a revisable constitution and a system of checks and balances for the executive branch. This country was founded on the principle that those in authority can err, and granting absolute power to one person or group is the root of tremendous problems.

    Questioning the government is a very American thing to do.