{"id":66665,"date":"2016-07-04T10:43:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T14:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66665"},"modified":"2016-07-04T10:43:32","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T14:43:32","slug":"52-of-americans-extremely-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66665","title":{"rendered":"52% of Americans “extremely proud”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to Gallup<\/a> in their latest round of polling only 52% of Americans are “extremely proud” to be Americans and it represents a new low in the responses sine 2003. <\/p>\n

Americans’ patriotism spiked after 9\/11, peaking at 70% in 2003, but has declined since, including an eight-percentage-point drop in early 2005 and a five-point drop since 2013.<\/p>\n

Americans’ declining patriotism is likely related to broader dissatisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. In January 2004, when 69% were extremely proud to be an American, 55% of Americans were satisfied with the way things were going in the U.S. That was the last time satisfaction has been at the majority level, and the percentage satisfied has mostly held below 30% since 2007, including the 29% in Gallup’s most recent update.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, while I’m disappointed in the direction that things are going in this country, there’s no place I’d rather live.I’m proud that I was born here, I’m proud of my 35 years of service to the American people. As far as the direction the country is headed, it’s not like I didn’t predict that eight years ago, so I expected it. I’m not particularly proud of some my fellow citizens and they should probably leave the country before they goof it up even more. They can go to some place more to their liking like North Korea or Cuba, or Venezuela. <\/p>\n

Having lived in some of the shitholes of the world, I know what true poverty is, I know what the true lack of freedom is like, and I know the cause of those problems.<\/p>\n

Gallup says that the dissatisfaction with the United States is mostly among the young folks, the ones who won’t stay off my lawn;<\/p>\n

The largest decline has come among young adults, from 60% to 34%. In 2003 as well as today, young adults rank among the subgroups least willing to say they are extremely proud to be Americans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not surprised – they live in their pretend television and Hollywood world and have no experiences with which to compare reality with fiction. Maybe if they had jobs and paid taxes they’d be more appreciative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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