You can be proud of your country without hating other countries. There only is 'us', 'them' is a construct of division. There are dentists in every country, and all though they may practice differently, they all fix teeth. It's a lame argument, but it's a start. There's a lot of needless hate and it's not healthy.
If your tribe invented fire, all good, be proud of that shit all you want, but don't be hating on the other tribe because they invented square wheels. Neither is great, but you can change the direction of a tribes ideology, you can't change the pigment of their skin, accept through selective breeding, but that's a thought for another day.
It totally makes sense to me. I didn't invent the Canadaarm or basketball, nor did I birth Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling, but we all have a bit of Canada in us, and it would be lame of me to take credit for their achievements. But knowing and respecting your countries history without using it as a catalyst or guise for racism should be a goal, too often I see rebel rousers that don't know shit spitting rhetoric about how the paki's and Muslims are wrecking their country, when their country is really being ruined by rampant xenophobia and a belief the beliefs that were are some how better than that which comes to be.
You can be proud of your country without hating other countries. There only is 'us', 'them' is a construct of division. There are dentists in every country, and all though they may practice differently, they all fix teeth. It's a lame argument, but it's a start. There's a lot of needless hate and it's not healthy.
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If your tribe invented fire, all good, be proud of that shit all you want, but don't be hating on the other tribe because they invented square wheels. Neither is great, but you can change the direction of a tribes ideology, you can't change the pigment of their skin, accept through selective breeding, but that's a thought for another day.
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It totally makes sense to me. I didn't invent the Canadaarm or basketball, nor did I birth Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling, but we all have a bit of Canada in us, and it would be lame of me to take credit for their achievements. But knowing and respecting your countries history without using it as a catalyst or guise for racism should be a goal, too often I see rebel rousers that don't know shit spitting rhetoric about how the paki's and Muslims are wrecking their country, when their country is really being ruined by rampant xenophobia and a belief the beliefs that were are some how better than that which comes to be.
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On another note, we picked strawberries today😄.