Cultural pride is exceptional and an overcompensation for weakness.

[Marco Fucko]

Every subgroup that shouts about being loud and proud, whether that be something regional or related to something like religion or sexuality isn't telling you how proud they are for your information, it's for their motivation. They need to feel like they're part of something bigger and more important, so latch on to where they're from, what God they worship, who they want to fuck, etc because they don't have much if anything going for them in their personal lives.

 

[The Last Stand]

The issue I have with that is that when people do that, it's their physical trait first, personality second. Two dimensional to speak.

 

[Ow The Edge]

Lack of cultural pride is a sign of a shitty culture.

 

[The best and greatest]

Lack of cultural pride is a sign of a shitty culture.

Because pride should be something you earn, not something that is seen as some kind of birthright. Arguably there is nothing more American than Eschewing the backward old world notions of lineage or pedigree since most of the people into that are euro-snobs.

 

[Orion Balls]

There are as many customs as houses.
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Because pride should be something you earn, not something that is seen as some kind of birthright. Arguably there is nothing more American than Eschewing the backward old world notions of lineage or pedigree since most of the people into that are euro-snobs.

Have you ever heard a DAR speak? They're more pretentious than any eurofag.

 

[raspberry mocha]

I can understand ethnic pride, but I don't understand why "representation matters." You'd think people would at least be proud enough not to have their cultures reduced to commodities to be sold.

 

[Robert James]

Humans are social creatures we need to latch onto something that joins us together, as much as we may all want to be stoics we can't be so we have to find something to bind us and often it is the most lazy. National pride is the only way to go unless you want to segregate you're people and force a lens on them that assigns victory to different subgroups. If anything the current concept of racial/ethnic/sex/gender based pride is far worse for the nation as it divides us into large enough groups that we can start pointing fingers at each other when things go wrong.

 

[RA-5C Vigilante]

Hey OP here's a thought from a proud American: you're a massive F A G G O T

 

[Watermelanin]

I draw a line between being proud of your culture and being autistic about it:
Being proud of where you're from can be a good thing if you're using related values to act as a tentative guideline for your behavior; it can also make you look like a massive faggot when you walk around town waving a giant flag for no reason other than to grandstand about how patriotic you are.
Gay pride can be a positive thing if you're actually facing hardships from your preference as it can keep your personal morale up; it can also look like "HAI EVERYBODY WATCH HOW MANY COCKS I CAN SUCK!"
Ethnic pride may have some validity assuming race realism as that would imply it DOES impact who you are as an individual; conveniently concluding that whatever ethnicity you are is "ubermenche" makes you retarded.

Like it or not: collectives DO matter. What's good for the individual isn't always good for the whole and vice versa. Having a healthy sense of pride in your collective is a force for good as long as you aren't stupid about it.

 

[DumbDude42]

people who are proud of their common heritage/culture will stand up for that heritage/culture, will stand up for each other, will stand together against foreign enemies, are united, are strong. pride brings social cohesion, solidarity, and morale.
people without such pride won't stand up for anything, won't stand together against anything, are isolated, atomized and weak. absence of pride means demoralization.

 

[Sug Benis]

The problem with individualism is that you'll fall before the combined might of collectivists or unite against them and prove their point.

To put a more positive spin on it, a purely individualistic worldview can be unfulfilling for some. I never had motivation problems or a lack of success. I clawed my way from the gutter into a middle class life, with more vacation time a year than most get, multiple hobbies, got married and somehow managed to avoid all the marital problems that most couples experience. It wasn't until I started a family, and reached out to people of like mind and cultural values for an anchor in the sea of clashing culture that is Current Year America, that I felt like part of something greater than myself, and met people other than myself and my wife I'd trust to watch my kid, and that I'd do the same in turn for.

It was the difference between feeling satisfaction in the now, to the joy of being able to reach out and share that with others, in a network that will outlive me.

I thought I'd lost that feeling doing charity work overseas and watching the locals stealing the infrastructure built for them for a quick profit or selling their prepubescent daughters for trinkets.

There are other ways to achieve it, but ethnic pride isn't a bad method, all in all. Religions, ideologies, and creeds of various sorts can work too. I prefer something with a more material component, though, just from a personal standpoint.

It doesn't even necessitate hating other races. There's a black nationalist I know. He wants the best for his community. Wants it to improve and stand on its own without young black guys shooting each other over drugs and young black girls having five different baby daddies to get child support and benefits. He wants black communities to stop being dragged along like a donkey with a carrot and a stick by political puppeteers. I respect that, and wish him well. He's mentioned feeling the same way about me and mine. We don't want anything to do with each other's communities, but we don't wish the destruction of the other.

 

[737 MAX Stan Account]

OP is a jealous fag who doesn't have a culture worth being proud of.

 

[DumbDude42]

OP is a jealous fag who doesn't have a culture worth being proud of.

most likely he does have one, but a lifetime of anti white propaganda drilled into his head that it is evil and forbidden to have any pride in it

 

[Y2K Baby]

Pride is a sin.

 

[Sug Benis]

Pride is a sin.

I feel the long rusted gears of my teenage fedoralord phase trying to churn.

There's a difference between being proud of what you have done and your ancestor's work in creating the world for you to do it in and being arrogant. Just like there's a difference between having a lazy day and being full-on Slothful.

Really, any of the seven deadly sins are destructive when taken too far, or in a bad direction, but taking any of them entirely out of life can leave you barren. Imagine a life with no lust, with no ability to slow down and relax for a minute, no drive to accomplish or gain anything for your efforts. Righteous anger is different from directionless wrath, and a desire to be satisfied is different from being gluttonous.

 

[A Cardboard Box]

The problem with individualism is that you'll fall before the combined might of collectivists or unite against them and prove their point.

To put a more positive spin on it, a purely individualistic worldview can be unfulfilling for some. I never had motivation problems or a lack of success. I clawed my way from the gutter into a middle class life, with more vacation time a year than most get, multiple hobbies, got married and somehow managed to avoid all the marital problems that most couples experience. It wasn't until I started a family, and reached out to people of like mind and cultural values for an anchor in the sea of clashing culture that is Current Year America, that I felt like part of something greater than myself, and met people other than myself and my wife I'd trust to watch my kid, and that I'd do the same in turn for.

It was the difference between feeling satisfaction in the now, to the joy of being able to reach out and share that with others, in a network that will outlive me.

I thought I'd lost that feeling doing charity work overseas and watching the locals stealing the infrastructure built for them for a quick profit or selling their prepubescent daughters for trinkets.

There are other ways to achieve it, but ethnic pride isn't a bad method, all in all. Religions, ideologies, and creeds of various sorts can work too. I prefer something with a more material component, though, just from a personal standpoint.

It doesn't even necessitate hating other races. There's a black nationalist I know. He wants the best for his community. Wants it to improve and stand on its own without young black guys shooting each other over drugs and young black girls having five different baby daddies to get child support and benefits. He wants black communities to stop being dragged along like a donkey with a carrot and a stick by political puppeteers. I respect that, and wish him well. He's mentioned feeling the same way about me and mine. We don't want anything to do with each other's communities, but we don't wish the destruction of the other.

Lmao nice blog post, faggot. nobody cares.

 

[Y2K Baby]

being proud of what you have done and [SIC] what other people have done

Lmao
The absolute state.

 

[Sug Benis]

Lmao
The absolute state.

I could say the same about caring about "sin". Just because none of your recent ancestors contributed anything significant to society or their local community, don't assume the same of everyone.

Lmao nice blog post, faggot. nobody cares.

Deep thoughts is nothing but blog posts from faggots, myself included.

 

[Y2K Baby]

I could say the same about caring about "sin".

I could say the same about caring about "muh heritage"

Just because none of your recent ancestors contributed anything significant to society or their local community, don't assume the same of everyone.

My recent ancestors are the last non-ZOG presidents, Stormfag.

 

[Some JERK]

I see no problem celebrating the people who came before you and acknowledging their struggles as long as you aren't trying to claim that you are those people. My grandfather fought the Japs and I marvel at the shit he went through, but I didn't fight them so there's nothing for me to be "proud" of. I didn't do shit.