Many people are talking about soccer right now. With the World Cup underway, the sport that tends to be at the bottom of most Americans' list suddenly gains popularity.
I was part of a conversation about the World Cup the other night that I found memorable. Soccer came up as it has for the past week and I began to say that I don't like soccer much. Soccer bothers me because a team can tie, and tying to me is very unamerican. When asked why I thought tying was unamerican I said, "Because Americans win."
The person who asked me replied that that was ethnocentric and wasn't an argument. It's true that what I said was a statement not an argument. I should have said that Americans like to win. But the reply she got was better than anything I could have come up with. Someone asked her "Well, aren't you American?"
As an American, I believe we are the greatest country in the world. I don't call that ethnocentric, I call it patriotic. The country I love may be going down the tubes, but I still believe that we can bring it back to its former glory if we work quickly.
I am so tired of people telling me that I have to accept all other countries as being as good as the one I live in. I am even more tired of the president telling other countries that we are sorry for whatever blame they put on us.
This is a great country! This is the best country. I'm not going to apologize for telling people that I'm proud to be an American. And I think the president should stop apologizing for being an American.
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