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EdwardBernays

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17. Come visit Europe

Mon Nov 23, 2015, 10:32 AM

Nov 2015

And be amazed at how much less the media sucks, and how that lowers the volume and the stress... and lessens the power of nightmares pushed by politicians and the media...

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America is weak. [View all] EdwardBernays Nov 2015 OP

I love America bravenak Nov 2015 #1

Then don't hate or try to take Bernie down( your words) darkangel218 Nov 2015 #3

So Bernie=America now? 72DejaVu Nov 2015 #4

There's what is, and what should be. PatrickforO Nov 2015 #26

Ouch! SammyWinstonJack Nov 2015 #13

Me too--it's easy to criticize here. Not so much in other places, I've noticed. nt MADem Nov 2015 #51

I agree. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #2

America's weakest link is its gun humping cowards Skittles Nov 2015 #5

Have you seen the OP's favorite group? nt valerief Nov 2015 #34

Have you seen the posts the OP makes in their favorite group? Glassunion Nov 2015 #38

And I just read an article in the HuffPo that we are ripe for fascism Cary Nov 2015 #6

Contrast craven America with even-keel Europe and the difference is pretty stark. Surya Gayatri Nov 2015 #7

Good post. My parents are English, and we visited London frequently in my childhood. cwydro Nov 2015 #23

Weak is only a symptom nolabels Nov 2015 #8

I don't know EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #19

Sorry, maybe more apt word would be ignorant. nolabels Nov 2015 #56

Yes we collectively lost our sh*t underpants Nov 2015 #9

indeed EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #16

All you need to do is detox from the matrix BelgianMadCow Nov 2015 #10

You make a brilliant point but your prescription is not universal tech3149 Nov 2015 #15

Come visit Europe EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #17

Well said Edward, thanks for the on-the-money post! Scuba Nov 2015 #11

I fear the possibility of a Ted Cruz or Trump becoming president. livingonearth Nov 2015 #12

That is real cause for fear. Especially Cruz SammyWinstonJack Nov 2015 #14

the antidote EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #18

I think Trump's scarier than Cruz Art_from_Ark Nov 2015 #55

Don't tell that to my friend Rei yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #20

We did far more damage to ourselves after 9/11... Wounded Bear Nov 2015 #21

I said the same thing EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #24

That's why I'm supporting Bernie Sanders Le Taz Hot Nov 2015 #22

"Land of the free and home of the brave" = False advertising. Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2015 #25

Comrade, please. Rose Siding Nov 2015 #27

Scene from Newsroom says it all Va Lefty Nov 2015 #28

Edward, you mistake human behavior for American. Hortensis Nov 2015 #29

You'd be surprised EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #31

"No other culture is like American culture and many of its issues(eg gun violence)are uniquely..." EX500rider Nov 2015 #37

Not sure EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #39

So you mean "uniquely American" if compared to other cherry picked European countries.. EX500rider Nov 2015 #41

Yeah the OP has a weak argument at best imo. Rex Nov 2015 #45

No EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #46

again EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #47

You just can't call it "uniquely American" if more then half the countries.. EX500rider Nov 2015 #49

"We're better than Somalia in gun violence!!!" Quite the goal dream... LanternWaste Nov 2015 #52

Yes ... EX500rider Nov 2015 #53

What I meant, Edward, is that all people are born Hortensis Nov 2015 #57

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #30

Wrong, so wrong. Our government is weak, only held together by the Executive branch. Rex Nov 2015 #32

not true EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #36

That was not my point, humans are easy to scare and disturb. Rex Nov 2015 #42

I don't mean its genetic EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #43

And I mean it is genetic. Rex Nov 2015 #44

I know EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #48

Well sure everyone has their own culture, but Americans are neither more nor less scared Rex Nov 2015 #54

What Americans? Just because the pols and teevee say we're afraid doesn't mean we are. valerief Nov 2015 #33

Spend any amount of time EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #35

I blame the RW media for all this prouddemfromaustin44 Nov 2015 #40

Me too. How do we curtail their bs flamingdem Nov 2015 #50

Then we need a candidate to tell us that and that will make us strong Township75 Nov 2015 #58