[StopDisinfo910]

> I don't understand how this ties into American pride (nor am I American), what did I miss?

Pluto was the only planet discovered by an American and most of the people who are extremely attached to it tend to feel that removing Pluto as a planet is somehow taking something away from the USA.

As far as I know, the topic barely exists at all in other countries.

[halgir]

Thanks for explaining, I've never heard about this. In my social circle, nobody would seriously try to argue that it should still count as a "real" planet, but we still refer to Pluto-as-planet in an affectionate, nostalgic way.