I'm connected to my country because I feel America is the best country in the world, and I'm proud to live here, and I'm proud to be _from_ here, and I wish we still made kids in school stand up every morning with their hand on their heart, and proudly say the pledge of allegiance, and there is absolutely nothing wrong or racist about it. I think all Americans should be proud of our country, or at the very least appreciative of the rights and freedoms we have