it’s hard to be proud of European culture.
The Origins of Political Correctness An Accuracy in Academia Address by Bill Lind
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308645/posts
Niccolò Fontana was the son of Michele Fontana, a rider and deliverer. In 1505, Michele was murdered and Niccolò, his two siblings, and his mother were impoverished. Niccolò experienced further tragedy in 1512 when the French invaded Brescia during the War of the League of Cambrai. The militia of Brescia defended their city for seven days. When the French finally broke through, they took their revenge by massacring the inhabitants of Brescia. By the end of battle, over 45,000 residents were killed. During the massacre, a French soldier sliced Niccolò's jaw and palate. This made it impossible for Niccolò to speak normally, prompting the nickname "Tartaglia" (stammerer).
The good news:
In 1530, Niccolò Tartaglia (1500-1557) received two problems in cubic equations from Zuanne da Coi and announced that he could solve them. He was soon challenged by Fiore, which led to a famous contest between the two. Each contestant had to put up a certain amount of money and to propose a number of problems for his rival to solve. Whoever solved more problems within 30 days would get all the money. Tartaglia received questions in the form x3 + mx = n, for which he had worked out a general method. Fiore received questions in the form x3 + mx2 = n, which proved to be too difficult for him to solve, and Tartaglia won the contest.
Why don't you try a couple of these? Then swell with pride for Tartaglia and European culture!
Why is less so than any other culture? All have positive and negative attributes.
How about American culture?
I'd go so far as to say it's impossible to be "proud" of European culture, or any culture really. Since no one person is responsible for creating a culture, no one can fairly take "pride" in it.
But wouldn't you agree that there is much to admire in European culture?