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The fact that they have every right and freedom that you can think of.

Or perhaps the reason that Americans are proud to be Americans, is due to an inflated sense of self-worth and self-righteousness, coupled with ethnocentrism. You see, many Americans have conditioned themselves to believe that they are better than people from other countries; some such as Rush Limbaugh even believe that God actually favors their nationalities over others. We like to believe that we are more intellectually enlightened than others, in order to discredit and disregard others' views, all the while reinforcing what we already know to be true. Essentially, our pride could be summarized as narcissistic personality disorder on a macro scale (and mostly by Anglo-Americans).

Americans have a lot to be grateful for, but is always important to not mistake patriotism for nationalism. There is a distinct difference between the two. When we have to prop our egos on the backs of others, we are only fooling ourselves, and doing no favors for humanity at all.

By the way, this comment was made by an American-born descendant of a Mayflower passenger, so if you think my views are un-American or that you are more American than me, why don't you ask a slave-descended Black American how they think America got to become the superpower she is today, or perhaps a Cherokee on what he/she thinks about illegal Immigration.

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