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Pride should stem from good personal decisions or accomplishments given one's situation and life circumstances. Being born somewhere isn't a decision nor an accomplishment.

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

sense of pride

  • Sense of community? Yes
  • Sense of respect? Yes
  • Sense of responsibility? Yes
  • Sense of accomplishments? Yes
  • Sense of pride? Errrr... Not really.

When people write "a sense of pride in" I think they (and you) are saying "be responsible for X so you can feel good about it". Nothing wrong with that, and I think you're right.

However I don't like the phrase. Pride is the wrong emotional target. It brings with it a sense of superiority in some. There's a reason it's one of the deadly sins.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 7 months ago

Fair, but I think we agree with the sentiment of what I meant.