Why should I proud to be an American? [View All]

[JusticeForAll]

I need an answer to that question today. I feel angry, I feel sad, I feel ashamed, I feel guilty. Pride is not an emotion that I feel for a country and a system that has left its huddled masses in the rain and the cold.

For weeks we have seen in Ohio and in Florida the disenfranchisement of our fellow citizens, forced to wait in lines of two, three hours long to be heard. In Arizona, I drove to my Elections board, walked directly to the counter showed my drivers license, had a precinct ballot printed, and voted in a mere five minutes. No more than a quarter was invested in the parking meter I chose to park next to.

I use this contrast, because as I write this, I am watching a CNN student claiming she and many of her friends waited ten hours at the poll to vote. Health care reform, tax reform, social programs, childcare benefits, and support systems that keep many of our citizens from falling into abject poverty - Can the people who most need these programs afford to invest the amount of time it takes to vote in the places where it truly counted?

Sadly no. Class warfare, racism, bigotry and disenfranchisement surged forth in a wave of frothing hate this election.

Please feel free to post the reasons why you are proud to be a country that has successfully sabotaged a basic right of its citizens. Today, I need a reminder.