Mostly proud.
No one will likely read all of this, but
this thread captures how I feel about patriotism.
"The meaning of patriotism is that we can never really abandon our points of origin without abandoning ourselves. The anti-patriot is rightly wary of nationalism, of the idea that one's country is the greatest, of the penchant to declare superiority. But put to the right test, they will always find out that they can never actually abandon attachment to formative forces, even when flawed, and that one's true *independence*--one's integrity as a person, one's agency--depends on remaining, in some sense, inside our points of origin, even when we have to overcome the damage they have done us."