American Values, But Not Really

American Values, But Not Really

By: The Central News Network (Charlie Frenzel)

          When thinking about American values one thing that may come to your mind is the nationalism that many Americans claim to have, whether its representing the red white and blue, waving the star spangled banner, lightning fire works or even just say “MURICA!”many Americans would say they value living in their United States of America. Although many of those loving nationalist citizens are very quick to criticize the country and even make fun of the country they so feel so lovingly for. 

         It is not uncommon to see memes on social media such as instagram, twitter, and or reddit that are making fun of the United States. These memes come in many different shapes and sizes, sometimes making fun of the country and its people as a whole, sometimes making fun of specific states, and sometimes making fun of the political figures that run our country. Most of the time however it is Americans making fun or talking down on other Americans, or Americans making fun of the country. There is however a boundary that Americans have made, a line made in the sand determining who is aloud to make fun of America and other Americans. For example many Americans are very quick and show not regret or remorse in making fun of the the United States or the people in the United States, but once a European comes into the mix and starts bad mouthing the United States in a very similar, if not the same way many Americans are, those Americans immediately take it as a sign of offense and start defending the country as if they still feel the revolutionary war is going on. Many of the jokes that Europeans will make about the United States is about our gun laws, child obesity, health care, the school system, and even drastic events such as school shootings. Many of these jokes on America are written and publicized through memes posted on meme pages, and many young Americans take these personally immediately going to the comment section to share there opinion supporting there country then throwing another insult on Europe or on whoever posted with one thought on there mind, if they bad mouth my country I’m going to bad mouth there.

          

           However, those young Americans taking there opinions to social media to defend the state of the country and the problems within are the same Americans that posted they were going to leave the United States if Trump became president during the 2016 election. Many may say that they value living in the United States and all the benefits that come with living in, but those many are the same criticizing the country. The citizens of the United States dont enjoy  being thought of as lesser to other countries, we hold a strict guideline in out mind that we are number one and there is no country in the world greater than the United States of America, but we love to make fun of the problems within , bad mouth the people in charge of our country and bash on the mistakes we make as a country. So do we truly value living in the United States or are we too quick to judge as young Americans in a growing country.