• LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    I’m an ‘84 baby like you and recently I’ve been trying to remember when the last time I actually felt national pride.

    I keep thinking maybe in the general upswell of national pride post 9/11 but that was probably mostly mob mentality and juvenile ignorance.

    I am proud to be a Minnesotan though! When I’m abroad in the country the other Americans I meet seem generally decent but it just doesn’t feel like home if I’m outside of my state.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      '81 baby here. My parents told me I’d jam along to Reagan’s “Born in the USA” ads in my underoos with a tiny plastic guitar. I think that’s the last time I felt national pride.