Personally, does your state come before your country or does your country come before your state?

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  5. I like my state a whole lot and would support it over the country situationally; however, the chances of my state resisting national authority for a worthwhile cause are very slim.

  7. If you mean mailing address, state is put before country. Other than that, I put the country first.

  8. I am honestly not sure what this question means.

    I guess I can say that my state comes before my country in terms of certain statistics and the country comes before my state in terms of other statistics.

    I don’t really feel any contradiction in identifying as both a citizen of my state and a citizen of my country.

  11. I really like my state, but it’s not as if it’s a competition between the two.

  13. This changed during the civil war to where the loyalties shifted to country.
    I think Missouri is pretty cool but it’s still a subset of the US.

  14. I feel more cultural attachment to my state, and much higher political approval of my state government, but in a federal system the federal government is superior. I am an American before I am Illinoisan.

  15. Country then state. As it should be. We aren’t dirty Confederates.

    I love my state and my home state where I grew up but getting down to brass tacks country first.

    But, that said, extra ecclesiam nulla salus.

  16. Country first. The state first idea hasn’t been much of a thing since the 1800’s. (Though I absolutely support the 10th amendment, states’ rights, etc.)

  17. Neither. I’ve lived in other countries and I’m not tethered to the one I was born in just because I was born in it. This is just where I’m living right now. No such thing as loyalty to a place that could give zero shits if I live or die.

  18. In America its always country over state. We fought a war that was semi about this and we beat the traitors who went with state over country

  20. My uncle currently lives in Texas. One time I asked him if he would stay there if Texas broke away from the USA and became it’s own country. He said, “Absolutely not. I’m an American first, Texan second. I’d move back to Arkansas.”

  21. After moving back and forth enough between Texas and Mexico, state 100%. I identify with the stretch of I-10 from San Antonio to New Orleans.

    After that, I’m indifferent between identifying with Americans and Mexicans.

  25. Depends on which part of the country. I’m not fucking taking a bullet for Florida.

  26. State first. I don’t presume to know or care about what others are doing unless they effect me or my community.

  29. I guess I’ll say country, since it seems like 90% of my state is forgotten about by seemingly everybody.

  30. Country first! I love PA and NJ, the two states I’ve spent my entire life in. However, I’m an American first.

  32. I like my state and many other states in the US.

    I also feel utter and complete horror regarding many of the states in tht US

  33. Country over state.

    That said, I’m glad to live in my state. Don’t think I’ll spend my whole life here, but I do have a bit of pride for our landscape and PNW beauty.

  34. Although they are not one and the same, I tend to treat them as such because the country impacts the state and the state can impact the country.

  36. State over country. I feel like a Californian first (northern Californian, specifically) and an American second.

  40. Country before state. I have one country, but 3 states have been home and i love them equally.

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