American-bashing

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Alien Cockroach, Apr 22, 2010.

  1. Alien Cockroach Banned Banned

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    Although I have always been open to criticism directed at the policy decisions of my country's government, there are also a lot of people out there who only want to stir up hate against Americans in general. Most of the culprits seem to come from countries that suck so much donkey balls, the people who live there can't feel secure without bashing on someone else's culture.

    It is one thing if you would like to point out a flaw in the current policies of my government, whether it is harming us directly or damaging our image. That is helpful. I need to know things like that, so I can do something about it.

    The place where you turned into a useless piece of King Kong's armpit mustard is where you took it upon yourself to try to chastize me, just because I was born here, for every sin that my government has commited since the first European settler set foot here. You have no right to smear something on my face just because of the country I was born in.

    Really, are you that insecure? Is your own country really that much of a third world toilet? If you are really so ashamed of your own country's HDI, I would gladly cast a vote to send our military to put its entire population out of their misery.

    I have had supposed liberals try to castigate me when I complained about this subject, and I nearly had a heart attack. Take off your blindfolds, you hypocritical morons. That level of intellectual slothfulness is the reason that we had a president sitting in office, for 8 years, who would have done Adolf Hitler proud. Being stupid on purpose is the reason our government for most of the past decade sucked donkey balls, and we are counting ourselves lucky that at least the guy sitting in office right now is basically sane. Whether or not you like the way I try to address the issue, wake up, and realize that a lot of the garbage being talked about Americans is nothing but the same tired hate speech with a different target and coming from a different source. How can you sit still for that kind of hypocrisy?

    And also, how dare someone presume to sit in judgment over ME for policy decisions that were made before I was even born? I have actually had people on this forum who literally thought that I deserved to be held accountable for acts of the US military back in the 1980s. Can you believe that a human being could be that stupid and useless?

    I am not trying to wave the flag, here. I am not even nationalistic enough to suit the expected norms of my culture. It really sticks in my craw, though, if I am being bashed on or treated like I don't have a right to hold an opinion, just based on the country where I was born.

    It is the same thing as racism. It is the same thing as antisemitism. It is the same thing as homophobia. Spreading around hate speech that fosters an attitude of intolerance and loathing against Americans, not just whatever government is sitting in office at the time, is in the same category.
     
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  3. Mr MacGillivray Banned Banned

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    That's some serious Non-American bashing.
     
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  5. Alien Cockroach Banned Banned

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    Yeah, they really are pathetic scum, aren't they?
     
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  7. Alien Cockroach Banned Banned

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    I just want to make one thing completely pristine: it is one thing if you have something to say about the government of my country. However, if the only thing you intend to do is bash and demonize Americans in general, you are opening hostilities, and it's not between your country and my country. It's between you and me. When you make it personal, I take it personally. I take it very very personally, and I do not let go of a grudge.
     
  8. countezero Registered Senior Member

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    I'd leave the site then. About 85% of what goes on in politics and world folders is America-bashing.
     
  9. Alien Cockroach Banned Banned

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    No, not as much as that. In most cases, I see what you might be referring to as if not justifiable then at least legitimate criticism. The legitimate criticism is not a thing that concerns me. It is useful because it gives me information about the image of the US in other places in the world.

    In the OP, I am talking about either exceptional cases such as when I am being told that, because of the country where I was born, I don't even have a right to hold an opinion on a subject: that is crass bigotry at its finest. I am also talking about people who will habitually, for no reason at all, find some excuse or other to rail against the US.

    Criticism directed at the US that is in context and assumes that I have a right to abstain from taking a side or take one side on it or the other or have my own homegrown opinion on it, that is perfectly fine. A shot-in-the-dark estimate of about 90% of what a flag-waving cloth-idolator would call anti-American is, from my perspective, in the "useful information" category. Statements that could help make the US a better place to live in and make the US a better partner in the world is pro-American.

    Again, it just annoys me when someone makes some pointless slam against the US in a context where it it isn't even appropriate. People who have that kind of incontinent attitude are the same kind of people who don't clean up after their dogs when they take their dogs for walks: they are very bad neighbors who don't care about others.
     
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  10. soullust Registered Senior Member

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    pew chill little doggie..

    I will bash Americans when ever i see fit to, as will i bash Canadians.

    This is the way it Works i Know some low down ass hole Americans, actually i know allot, i live in Boston USA, half the year, And cape Breton Island Nova Scotia Canada the other half. and i know some creep Canadians.

    And you know something it's a god damn Tradition for Canadians to bash Americans, Just as it's American tradition to shit on Canadians.

    Were like siblings, family, I bet if you have a brother or sister, you guys didn't go around 24/7 thinking how nice you were and complimenting each other, no you fucking well fought to the point that you made your parents shit on you as well, and if you Deni that you're lying, so quite now.

    But any way, take your temper tantrum American ego and go else where, and you want to take any bashing i ever may or have done to heart, send me a message, i will send you my address and hell i may even wire you a plane ticket, and we shall solve our difference In the parking lot, and once were busted up enough we can go have a real beer (made in Canada), and have some friendly bashing and shiting on each other...

    Cheers

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  11. iceaura Valued Senior Member

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    Anyone who finds this attitude surprising, or new, or somehow a neglected perspective that needs to be included in future discussions to balance things out, please stop by the Internet Admissions Desk for you introductory materials packet.

    You will find in it a compass, an anatomical map of the gluteal area, two rubber gloves, and step by step instructions for the necessary procedures prior to entering a Discussion Forum.

    Thank you.
     
  12. Ophiolite Valued Senior Member

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    See, I always new Canadians were my kind of people.
     
  13. John99 Banned Banned

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    So you are saying that you should be ignorant to use a discussion board? that explains a lot. I will post that above my monitor, in RED ink.
     
  14. Alien Cockroach Banned Banned

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    Soullust, I wasn't referring to that kind of bashing.

    I really think that something should be done about the polluted water circulating up from the US to there, and I think Obama should discuss drilling off the Atlantic coast with some representatives from Canada before he goes along with authorizing it. I don't know what to do about it, though. If you think it would help anything, I can write a letter to my senator about it if you want. I think I will as soon as I can figure out what to say, and I think I'll need to do some fact-checking to make sure I know what I'm talking about.

    No, I was referring to how a lot of people don't just do that kind of bashing, but they want to demonize and scapegoat Americans for EVERYTHING like we're all a bunch of ogres over here. And the most annoying thing about it is they do so in complete ignorance. Absolute and complete ignorance.
     
  15. Mr MacGillivray Banned Banned

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    Is it ok to bash americans based on knowledge then?
     
  16. soullust Registered Senior Member

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    Awww us Canadians, may shit on yall some days, but thats because, you bug us sometimes, as i am sure us Canadians do to you, not because we hate any of you, damn as far as most Canadians are concerned yall are another Provence, and are family.

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    and it is humorous how bad we shit on each other up here, it's either west Canada vs east Canada, or English Canada vs French Canada, or to be honest, Canadians vs Americans.

    but when shit hits the fan, and if anyone else gets two cocky with either of us we will team up and kick there asses, then start shiting on each other again.
     
  17. John99 Banned Banned

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    yes.
     
  18. siledre Registered Senior Member

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    I don't know why people bash other countries, I think it's the same as racism or any other hate due to fear or misunderstanding. I've been to Japan, Germany, Philippines, Mexico, Canada. I've met people from many other countries, I've never been to a place or met someone that I didn't like, heck one of my best friends in the military was someone from the middle east.
    pride in ones country is everywhere and I really do love the U.S.A. but I think we sometimes put ourselves to high at the table but then that's who we are, we are young and arrogant and think we have all the answers, while the old guys look at us and think damn younguns why do they think they know better. I think eventually things will work out if we don't end up killing each other first.
     
  19. flakeyairportchunks Registered Senior Member

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    I only resort to America bashing in response to that brand of crass, chauvinism so typical of so many of your countrymen (yes I know it's not exclusively American). I can't blame them really, knowing that you are a citizen of the most powerful country the world is bound to generate a little arrogance but that doesn't make it any easier to bear.
     
  20. Mr MacGillivray Banned Banned

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    Ok, maybe it is wrong to bash Americans, but surely the french are free game?
     
  21. flakeyairportchunks Registered Senior Member

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    Oh and in this globalized world we live in, some (myself included) feel a little frustrated when "Meet The Spartans" is the highest grossing movie in the country, I mean the entire world is bombarded by your s***y culture, not to say that all American culture is s***y or anything. You could say, well it's my country's fault for buying into this crap but when you're suffocated by this tripe from birth how are you supposed to know any better?
     
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  23. Pasta Registered Senior Member

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    Why stereotype all of America, when it's Hollywood that's pumping out all the shit ? :shrug:
     

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