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No one should be proud of where they were born (self.unpopularopinion)

submitted 8 months ago by 3volver to c/unpopularopinion

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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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[–] robocall 9 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I feel lucky about where I was born. I won a birth lottery, but I believe there are other places that have bigger lottery jackpots.

Is this actually an unpopular opinion?

[–] 3volver -2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I'm almost certain if you shared this opinion in most places in the US, or if the US president said something along these lines, it would be taken very very badly. Unpopular on Lemmy? Probably not, but Lemmy is mostly far-left Progressive Liberals.

[–] lemann 4 points 8 months ago

Hi OP, just a gentle reminder about Rule 1 (No Politics). In future please try and refrain from using adjacent terminology in this community, as present in the latter portion of this comment, as this may incite violations of other community rules within the replies

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