Disclaimer: I'm French too. I think Marc nails it. Being born here rather than in the US means that one will have a different view of pride. French aren't prou

Disclaimer: I'm French too. I think Marc nails it. Being born here rather than in the US means that one will have a different view of pride. French aren't proud of being french, French don't hang flags in their yard nor do they sing the national anthem each morning in school. Heck, we even allow (or rather do not disapprove of) some of our footballers to not sing the anthem at the start of the matches (mind the double negative). We like our country and we wish great things for it, but we are not proud of it. We were born and raised in a country that has seen some serious shit and done some terrible things, things that we learn of at school. Final point: the US (as a country) are young and "innocent". France is an old dinosaur in comparison.