Originally Posted by
Jenbel
I could respond, pick out the petty way you've mischaracterised what I've said to turn it into something I neither said, nor believe,
Hang on, you clearly said
that kind of thing frankly just makes me cringe as someone non-American having to listen to someone saying on my behalf thank you to a group of soldiers from another country to whom I feel little/no gratitude
which to me means that when you're on American soil you find Americans thanking other Americans for their sacrifice as "cringeworthy" as you feel "little/no gratitude" towards them. Hardly becoming of a guest in their country, is it?
Honestly, I think it's one of the worst things about society today that patriotism is automatically characterised as jingoism.