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Overall, 39% of U.S. adults say they are “extremely proud” to be American in the most recent poll.

Meanwhile, only 18% of those aged 18-34 said the same, compared to 40% of those aged 35-54 and 50% of those 55 and over.

18% is still too high. As Obama’s pastor said, God damn America! Americans have very little to be proud of at this point.

  • aidan@lemmy.worldM
    51·
    1 year ago

    Before 2016, at what time? I think the south has gotten much more accepting since the Bush years for sure. Homophobia was mainstream, in 2016 both leading presidential candidates supported gay marriage.

      • aidan@lemmy.worldM
        31·
        1 year ago

        There are a lot of people who I don’t agree with, I don’t agree with most people. But it is very tribalist and imo honestly ridiculous to believe half of any country is genuinely evil.

          • aidan@lemmy.worldM
            22·
            1 year ago

            I’m not a fan of racists, homophobes, misogynists and haters, so yeah I think that’s kind of evil.

            I don’t think 34% of the US is racist, homophobic, or misogynistic. And, honestly, I think someone can be very wrong- and have beliefs I think are vile. Without themselves inherently being an evil person. Everyone is at least somewhat misguided at points in their lives.

            You’re a mod here then? Interesting. You shouldn’t use the mod tag when you’re conversing.

            I don’t want to, but I don’t think there’s a way to turn it off? If you know how though I would appreciate it!

              • aidan@lemmy.worldM
                1·
                1 year ago

                Do you think Pol Pot or Hitler were just misguided?

                For those two examples no. But I think many of each of their followers were(but definitely not all).

                I looked but couldn’t find anything for you, that sucks. That means you have a hard time participating in a forum you mod. You probably should use a different account or instance when you want to talk, the voyager app and the liftoff app easily switch between instances until they get that fixed.

                I was going to do that, but I’m worried about how to do it transparently. I used to use a subreddit where the mod had 20 different accounts, obviously I wouldn’t do that but it could still seem like I’m manipulating a conversation if I use an alt.

                  • aidan@lemmy.worldM
                    1·
                    1 year ago

                    Even if they’re not pure evil but go along with evil acts and/or perform them, what’s the difference?

                    The difference is one person wants to harm people, the other genuinely wants to do good but they are wrong on what is good. I think most people genuinely want to do good.

                    You could post in the sidebar what your alt is if you think it’s necessary.

                    Maybe, I’ll think about it.

              • LexiconDrexicon@lemm.ee
                1·
                1 year ago

                I’m not trying to “get you” or anything, but simply stating a fact, most black people in America live in the Southern part of the country.

                "Regionally, the highest concentration of Black people in the U.S. in 2021 is in the South; more than half (56%) live there. Following the South, 17% live in each the Midwest and the Northeast and 10% live in the West.

                When it comes to states of residence, Texas is home to the largest Black population, at about 4.0 million. Florida comes in a close second with 3.8 million, and Georgia comes in third, with 3.6 million."

                https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/fact-sheet/facts-about-the-us-black-population/

                If we do urban vs. rural, then the highest concentration of Black Americans would be in New York City, followed by Atlanta

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
      42·
      1 year ago

      I think the south has gotten much more accepting since the Bush years for sure.

      More accepting of people marching with nazi flags, perhaps.