Moments of Permanence - Idly

From: rainbow Date: February 19th, 2012 09:20 pm (UTC) (Link)

Some Americans - indeed, many Americans - seem to find the idea that anyone could think America was not The Greatest Country In The World to be insulting - and, on occasion, to believe that I didn't actually believe that, I was just trying to be offensive.

as an american, i continue to hope that it's closer to some really loud, really obnoxious ones, but it may very well be many (especially given the size of our population and how horrible education has gotten here). :(

i've seen americans attack canadians for posting that they love their country and think it's the best country in the world, even though those americans say the same thing about the usa.

imo the attitude by some americans that the entire world should worship the usa as #1 in everything is incredibly arrogant (i'm american); i also think it's a sign of both horrible insecurity and the icnreasing lack of decent education and critical thinking skills in the usa (for the first, if you love your country and think it's the best country, whyever do you need people in other countries to not love their country best? for the second, good gravy. healthcare, education, crime, drug use, maternal and infant mortality, income inequity, poor use of resources, poor legal system, poorly managed political system controlled by the rich and powerful, "news" that's frankly entertainment rather than news...)

imo the american far right extremists actively fan the flames and encourage their supporters in the belief it's offensive of people from other countries to not admit the usa is best at everything.

insecurity, bullying, arrogance... *sigh*

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