@politically-wrong,
"If I don't promote me, can I count on you?"
We should be what we are, and not invent false identities.
"And I would be the one to define myself..."
Within reason.
"....as I'm not limited by a small mind."
It's not a matter of intelligence, but taste. No one likes a braggart or chronic fibber.
"My mama taught me."
To claim to be that which you're not? I doubt that.
"Did yours teach you anything?"
Yes -- humility, truthfulness, among other great lessons.
"And what's to fear?"
Nothing. That's not the point.