Why I’m Not “Proud”

Posted By Talon Windwalker on 3 Sep 2012 in Musings | 21 comments

Proud to be an American! Proud to be gay! Native pride!  These are just a few of some of the comments I hear or see fairly regularly. Well, I’m not proud to be an American.  I’m not proud of being gay either.  And I don’t get this whole “pride” thing. I don’t understand how someone can have pride in something they had nothing to do with.  I had absolutely no control over where I was born.  While the...