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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:37 PM Original message |
I have a question about America that may ruffle feathers. |
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jedr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. ethnocentrism is universal; |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
116. But as all things, a glib generalization is prejudice too |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
142. "American Exceptionalism". We're exceptional, We're different, etc. |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. What nonsense.... |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. You are the future. |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 08:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
63. greatest in what capacity? |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #63 |
74. Science and technology |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #74 |
98. Your TAG line is like a ghost walking thru me! Shudder. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #98 |
129. I agree |
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nankerphelge (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Most of western Europe is better too |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. Oh, Canada! |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Did somebody say O Canada?? |
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northerdar (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
92. yes, Canada indeed is greater country than the USA |
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GaYellowDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's a GREAT question. The answer is, I don't know. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't believe my country is 'better', but |
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Raydawg1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
128. Hey lets remember to separate the people from the leadership in washington |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. people are tribal |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Do you observe that America is MORE tribal, then? |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Geography. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Yes, I suppose Europeans travel more... |
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lakemonster11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
131. Exactly. |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. my honest response |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. Thank you for your fine response |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 07:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
61. slante |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
118. Scottish Fiddler here.... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #118 |
125. The legacy of those highland clearances |
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whatelseisnew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #125 |
152. Reminds me of the abusive husband |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
62. nationalism spikes at different times in nation's histories |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Exactly, tribalism is instinctual and is found in all nations. |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Because we're taught that from a very early age... |
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yknot (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
89. They start drilling the American Myth into your head from the get-go |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
119. Yep that's it. American Democracy and Capitalism are quite amazing but |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. It use to be |
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JAbuchan08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Destroy the world to save America" is their basic philosophy |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. We were all raised with this. |
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I Have A Dream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'd guess that many people at DU don't feel that way. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. I feel embarrassed when Americans act this way |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
84. I've referred to this in another post on this thread, |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #84 |
111. How very kind of you! |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. To be raised on a university campus |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't think that. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. It probably goes back to the Puritans, |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. I've lived in and travelled to a lot of countries (18 on 5 continents) |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Okay. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. I don't think it's political.. I think it's psychological. |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
81. Good assessment. |
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northerdar (106 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #81 |
108. My family is just like your mom |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
120. Hey Doug D... we were neighbors! |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ignorance. Plain and Simple. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Did they appreciate or reject this education? |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
83. Surprisingly, I think they appreciated the education! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. That 'other (American) mom' is ignorant, but there are |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
82. No, neither she nor her husband had ever been beyond |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's where people come to escape. And there's a Constitution. |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. UP USA! |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. We're #1!!! |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. I fear that you and I disagree. |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:55 AM Response to Reply #34 |
59. I don't fear that we disagree. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #59 |
155. Thought provoking response. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. You've obviously though about this a bit... |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #155 |
160. (blush) Why, thank you... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
121. If it's not Scottish, it's crap! |
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PsN2Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. Maybe I'm a nationalist |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. Manifest destiny! |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
52. ??? |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 08:48 AM Response to Reply #52 |
65. Here is a blurb that explains it |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
163. the justification of genocide against the Indians |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. well let me ask you a question? |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Not at all! Scotland's a bleak, violent hell-hole. But very pretty... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. how's that any different from new orleans? |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:22 PM Response to Reply #47 |
158. i know that we have our share of badly behaved people in SF, too |
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KingCantona (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
73. I Love Manchester.... |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #73 |
86. With me it's Yorkshire, |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #73 |
101. Hi KingCantona! |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Everyone thinks their country is the best, except for |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. America is an adolescent boy. Until we mature, we will act like a |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. because we can kick your ass |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. "And in a flash I saw him plain" |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:35 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. yeah, well don't make me do it again |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. As an American-from Alabama, no less |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
43. Because We Are! |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
44. We are taught from a young age that America is "special" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Welcome to DU.... |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 11:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Obsequious, hmmm? |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #57 |
75. Ever lived anywhere else?...nt |
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ObSeeKweeUs (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #75 |
134. Yes....n/t |
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nicknameless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
140. I see. "Love it or leave it." |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
77. LOL, you ARE being ironic, right? |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #136 |
141. LOL, then on what do you base your comment re "objective measure"? |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
91. "the best individual/civil rights |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. Excellent response tenshi816 |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
103. Hey ObSeeKweeUs: |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #138 |
143. Why should your age stand in the way of you spreading "civil rights"? |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. American culture is very competitive |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. A deep patriarchal fantastical |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Ahhhhhhh.... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
53. Resting on past laurels |
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FlaGranny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
54. Must be the same mindset |
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radio4progressives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-06-06 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
56. That's ok.. I'm American and I don't get it either... |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
58. It's drilled into our heads from an early age |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #58 |
97. Moving abroad turned my head around, |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
60. Bush Has Dispelled Any |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
64. It's been since the Kennedy era that we had a reason to be proud. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
66. "Patriotism is the most foolish of passions and the passion of fools." |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
67. Goes back a long way- |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
68. I think that has been the pattern of all empires |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
69. It is the current climate. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
70. Blame it on high school sports |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
71. separate the vision from the implementation |
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KingCantona (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
72. Interesting Question |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
76. Almost every person in every country thinks that about their home. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
78. ALL nations have this problem |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
79. I cannot speak for every American |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
80. I've Wondered the Same Thing |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
85. WWII..... |
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tenshi816 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #85 |
100. BooScout, the first time my mother met |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. There it is, perfect illustration of the attitude. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #85 |
117. I think it's actually a British thing. How many times have I heard |
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Chalco (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
87. Because we are naive adolescents. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
88. it has been reinforced to neutralize criticism at home and justify wars |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
90. "if it's not Scottish, it's CRAP!" |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #90 |
110. I get it. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
93. WW2 absolutely trashed Europe... |
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Tigress DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
94. IMOP it is SINK or SWIM -- if we don't STRIVE for Greatness... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
95. Our jingoism springs from our fundamental insecurity. |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 09:14 PM Response to Reply #95 |
139. dingdingdingding.... We have a winner!! |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #139 |
153. It all sounds very frightening and upsetting. |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #153 |
157. THAT way lies madness... |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
96. then, too, there's the fact that so many baby boomers |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
104. Geographic isolation and and abundance of resources |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
105. got me...i've never felt that way... |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
106. it's kind of silly |
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rpgamerd00d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
107. America is the worst country in the entire world |
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rfkrfk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
109. the movie 'The Grapes of Wrath', was shocking to non-USA people |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
112. It's a pathetic and relentless attempt to deny the TRUE history of... |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
114. Because we only last on the average |
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huskerlaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
115. I think it goes back to |
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Angry Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
122. The real story today: America by the numbers.... |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
123. Korean, Australian, Scottish, Welsh, English, American, |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
124. This country SUCKS. After reading "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
126. It's a culture of competition, |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
127. It's a substitute for self-esteem..... |
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1620rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. ...You know, |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
132. Tunnelvision + Isolationism + Ignorance = Extreme Nationalism |
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thespiritualzebra (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
133. The Last Best Hope of WoMankind |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 12:46 AM Response to Reply #133 |
150. Seems associated with Lincoln, popularized by Battlestar Galactica. |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #150 |
161. I Thought That Was From Babylon 5 |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. Oh, right you are! n/t |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
146. Of course you are going to think the home team is the best! |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-07-06 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
147. We prefer pretty lies to the ugly truth |
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No Exit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
149. Some of us were disabused of that notion a long time ago. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
151. I think it actually comes from an inferiority complex. |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
154. For a young country (relatively speaking) we have come a long |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-08-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
159. I disagree that this is a USA thing |
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