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lumberjack_jeff

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14. Americans do have a lot to be proud of.
Sat Mar 10, 2012, 12:11 PM
Mar 2012

Did you know that English citizens didn't have a right to free speech until 1998, and even then the list of exceptions is as long as your arm?

And I really don't know why so many pipoman Mar 2012 #1
Who is doing that? libtodeath Mar 2012 #7
My theory: It started with competition with The British Empire. no_hypocrisy Mar 2012 #2
That makes sense,thank you. libtodeath Mar 2012 #9
I think it predates that DavidDvorkin Mar 2012 #31
Sounds plausible. I concede. no_hypocrisy Mar 2012 #32
It is not just wing nuts nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #3
Wingers are always preaching personal responsibility which means learning from mistakes yet libtodeath Mar 2012 #8
Much of it is learned in grade school and high school history classes. I was a student in the 50s jwirr Mar 2012 #40
Collective guilt, denial, and scapegoating. It's like Absolution of Sin, there's a leveymg Mar 2012 #4
Damn, another book to read! nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #6
Go out and get "Violence and the Sacred" today. It's essential and revealing reading. leveymg Mar 2012 #16
I ordered from amazon nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #25
We'll put off the quiz for a week, then. ;-) Let me know what you think about it leveymg Mar 2012 #33
Collective Narcissism dynasaw Mar 2012 #5
from listening to a couple of my right wing aquaintances oldhippydude Mar 2012 #11
Then the fundies will run around libtodeath Mar 2012 #13
...same reason every 3-year old boy thinks he's the fastest runner there is bhikkhu Mar 2012 #10
A simple case of the contrary longship Mar 2012 #12
Americans do have a lot to be proud of. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #14
We're obviously better because, um, wait. I'll think of it. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #15
For me it came from my earliest education raouldukelives Mar 2012 #17
Very true libtodeath Mar 2012 #19
Yes, to the national shame, racism clearly remains. hughee99 Mar 2012 #18
practically all other countries have wiped out racism? really? when did this happen? arely staircase Mar 2012 #39
Sort of my point... hughee99 Mar 2012 #41
then i misunderstood your point arely staircase Mar 2012 #42
Sorry, I actually have a bad habit of forgetting the hughee99 Mar 2012 #43
You use racism as an example SATIRical Mar 2012 #20
Tell that to the millions of Iraquis and Afghans who have had family killed by us over oil. libtodeath Mar 2012 #21
Don't you mean billions? SATIRical Mar 2012 #23
He made a true statement. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2012 #29
Provide your evidence SATIRical Mar 2012 #36
This article adresses it clearly libtodeath Mar 2012 #44
According to those who know at least one million Iraqis died nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #30
By reliable counts SATIRical Mar 2012 #35
Sorry but the UN has calculated deaths in Iraq alone at million plus nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #46
Oops, guess you were wrong. Kingofalldems Mar 2012 #34
So your view of America is the correct one? cottonseed Mar 2012 #22
There is some history behind it. Zanzoobar Mar 2012 #24
Because we are an anti-intellectual country.... Bigmack Mar 2012 #26
Ego. Rex Mar 2012 #27
"Patriotism is the most foolish of passions, and the passion of fools." Schopenhauer Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #28
Anti-anti-anti-intellectualism. Obviously. Robb Mar 2012 #37
Krueger Dunning effect Generic Other Mar 2012 #38
it's a powerful tool for social cohesion iverglas Mar 2012 #45
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