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In reply to the discussion: Are You Dumber than an American? [View all]whathehell
(29,034 posts)from foreigners, I really can't STAND the drooling europhiles here with so little pride
and so much desire to curry favor with the Euros, that they denigrate their own people,
including themselves and those of us on DU.
It's simple bigotry, really, and I have had at least one "Americans are.....insert insult..." post hidden/deleted
here for exactly that reason.
I understand perfectly the frustrations and impressions of "ignorance"
when it comes to the Tea Party and the Far Right in general, but there ARE reasons for
that -- a 24 hour propaganda station called Fox, for one thing -- and, if I'm not mistaken,
I believe we bright and "informed" Americans just BEAT BACK the others in the last election!..
What a fucking downer to have to read more shit about "dumb Americans". Most of these people have never been here
and have NO real conception of how BIG America is and how diverse. We are, however, a super power,
and so make a perfect "whipping boy"
For what it's worth, I like Europe, have visited there several times and even have "right of return"
due to my ancestry. That being said, I'm a progressive American who does NOT "apologize" for her
nationality nor "genuflect" to others because of theirs. In the long run, I think that stance both reflects
and engenders more respect than that of self-effacing self-haters.