How dare Americans have pride in America! Americans need not be proud of their country nor heritage. This is my interpretation of what the principle of a Colorado high school told the student counsel at Fort Collins High School who wanted one day to celebrate their American heritage in an event called "Merica Monday". The student counsel proposed a day in which the school would wear red, white and blue. This activity may offend non-Americans they were told. This principle has not yet learned that "not offending" is a myth. No matter what you do, you will always offend someone, somewhere. The real question is, who do you want to offend? This principle had to consciously choose to offend his students and their parents instead of maybe offending non-Americans. Keep in mind he said it "might" offend non-Americans, he's not even sure that it will, but it "might". Which ushers in a flood of questions. If you are visiting America, wouldn't you expect to see American culture? Wouldn't it be strange if you didn't? Wouldn't it be odd if the country you were visiting was afraid to offend you? Has America become flaky, and insecure about our homeland?
The United States seems to be having an identity crisis. There is something wrong with the fabric of our society, we are a timid core of our old self and we are afraid of our own culture. Does America have to be perfect before we can be proud of our country? No because America has never been perfect, but the idea of America is. Every man/woman created equal, equal say, equal rights and equally free. It is the idea of America that we are proud of. The principal of Fort Collins High School has no clue what this country was founded on. America is a country of immigrants, we all came from other countries. Lets take back our national pride. In my opinion anyone who is welcomed into our country and then complains about our national pride is no longer welcome. If I had to guess, I'd say this is not an isolated incident, there is a bigger problem here. We are watching the systematic De-Americanizing of America.-BDB
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http://gopthedailydose.com/2014/02/03/politically-correct-failure-high-school-deemed-america-day-celebration-too-offensive/
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