I'm so fucking embarrassed to be an American

[wei yau]

Originally Posted by viscousmemories

Oh I hear ya, I just don't understand why anyone is embarrassed to be an American. I'm embarrassed by many of the things our government does and by many aspects of American culture, etc. but overall I'm not embarrassed to be an American. I just don't think there's anything inherently less embarrassing about being a Canadian, Beligian, German, or other nationality.

Hmm, I just realized I never took that sort of thing literally. I've always understood it as being embarassed by those things you mention and not the nationality per se. Although, there is plenty of overlap as some aspects of nationality can be defined by culture.