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On August 31 2012 11:47 xDaunt wrote:
All these democrats and liberals crapping on American exceptionalism in this thread.... And they wonder why conservatives question their patriotism.
Give me a reason why American is currently exceptional (in a good way) and then I'll be ok with American Exceptionalism. Until then, it's purposeful ignorance of the problems we have in this country.
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On August 31 2012 11:47 xDaunt wrote:
All these democrats and liberals crapping on American exceptionalism in this thread.... And they wonder why conservatives question their patriotism.
No, it's not democrats and liberals.
It's other countries listening in and being mildly irritated that we're supposedly out in the dark because we didn't get a divinely inspired constitution.
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On August 31 2012 11:47 xDaunt wrote:
All these democrats and liberals crapping on American exceptionalism in this thread.... And they wonder why conservatives question their patriotism.
What is there to be patriotic about exactly?
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On August 31 2012 11:49 Enki wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 11:47 xDaunt wrote:
All these democrats and liberals crapping on American exceptionalism in this thread.... And they wonder why conservatives question their patriotism. What is there to be patriotic about exactly?
Your massive military?
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I had overdosed on the American Exceptionalism yesterday, almost too nauseus to tune in tonight.
I feel the same way about the Democratic conventions too btw.
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On August 31 2012 11:49 TotalBalanceSC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 11:49 Enki wrote:On August 31 2012 11:47 xDaunt wrote:
All these democrats and liberals crapping on American exceptionalism in this thread.... And they wonder why conservatives question their patriotism. What is there to be patriotic about exactly? Your massive military?
40% of the world's expenditures on military force. 'Merica, fuck yea!
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On August 31 2012 11:47 xDaunt wrote:
All these democrats and liberals crapping on American exceptionalism in this thread.... And they wonder why conservatives question their patriotism.
No, they don't wonder, that each side maintains different conceptions of patriotism and what it means to be an American is nothing new.
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On August 31 2012 11:48 Falling wrote:
divinely inspired constitution.
Huh? It's not "divinely inspired". It's intellectually inspired.
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On August 31 2012 11:48 Falling wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 11:47 xDaunt wrote:
All these democrats and liberals crapping on American exceptionalism in this thread.... And they wonder why conservatives question their patriotism. No, it's not democrats and liberals. It's other countries listening in and being mildly irritated that we're supposedly out in the dark because we didn't get a divinely inspired constitution.
I don't care if foreigners do it. They should be patriotic about their own countries. However, there are too many American (who are predominantly democrats and liberals) that go out their way to crap on American exceptionalism or on America in general. It really is disgusting.
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On August 31 2012 11:47 TotalBalanceSC2 wrote:
Why do American jobs pay so little? 9 bucks an hour? my friends who work as dishwashers for local restaurants get paid more then that. The employers are even nice enough to pay everyone above the minimum wage.
Depends where you live. The cost of living is not uniform across the US / Canada.
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On August 31 2012 11:51 BluePanther wrote:Huh? It's not "divinely inspired". It's intellectually inspired.
I know that. It's just the way it's held in reverance, it sometimes sounds like some sort of special revelation. I'll back off on the hyperbole... a bit 
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On August 31 2012 11:48 Stratos_speAr wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 11:47 xDaunt wrote:
All these democrats and liberals crapping on American exceptionalism in this thread.... And they wonder why conservatives question their patriotism. Give me a reason why American is currently exceptional (in a good way) and then I'll be ok with American Exceptionalism. Until then, it's purposeful ignorance of the problems we have in this country.
We no longer have a housing bubble
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On August 31 2012 11:49 Enki wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 11:47 xDaunt wrote:
All these democrats and liberals crapping on American exceptionalism in this thread.... And they wonder why conservatives question their patriotism. What is there to be patriotic about exactly?
If you really have to ask that question then I really do pity you.
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On August 31 2012 11:51 xDaunt wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 11:48 Falling wrote:On August 31 2012 11:47 xDaunt wrote:
All these democrats and liberals crapping on American exceptionalism in this thread.... And they wonder why conservatives question their patriotism. No, it's not democrats and liberals. It's other countries listening in and being mildly irritated that we're supposedly out in the dark because we didn't get a divinely inspired constitution. I don't care if foreigners do it. They should be patriotic about their own countries. However, there are too many American (who are predominantly democrats and liberals) that go out their way to crap on American exceptionalism or on America in general. It really is disgusting.
Some people see patriotism, others see willful ignorance.
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On August 31 2012 11:47 xDaunt wrote:
All these democrats and liberals crapping on American exceptionalism in this thread.... And they wonder why conservatives question their patriotism.
I hate American exceptionalism, its nationalism with a thin veneer covering it.
That said, go America, we're fucking awesome and fuck any conservative who questions my patriotism!
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On August 31 2012 11:47 TotalBalanceSC2 wrote:
Why do American jobs pay so little? 9 bucks an hour? my friends who work as dishwashers for local restaurants get paid more then that. The employers are even nice enough to pay everyone above the minimum wage.
Cheap goods come at a price. Some call it the "Wal-Mart" effect.
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You see, Romney is much better when he talks about his family. He doesn't do 'anger' well, it comes off insincere. If he wants to win, he has to stay positive. Let everyone else do the dirty work.
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On August 31 2012 11:53 Defacer wrote:
You see, Romney is much better when he talks about his family. He doesn't do 'anger' well, it comes off insincere. If he wants to win, he has to stay positive. Let everyone else do the dirty work.
I agree.
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To be fair Mitt, America electing the first Black president was kind of sort of a big deal ...
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On August 31 2012 11:51 xDaunt wrote:Show nested quote +On August 31 2012 11:48 Falling wrote:On August 31 2012 11:47 xDaunt wrote:
All these democrats and liberals crapping on American exceptionalism in this thread.... And they wonder why conservatives question their patriotism. No, it's not democrats and liberals. It's other countries listening in and being mildly irritated that we're supposedly out in the dark because we didn't get a divinely inspired constitution. I don't care if foreigners do it. They should be patriotic about their own countries. However, there are too many American (who are predominantly democrats and liberals) that go out their way to crap on American exceptionalism or on America in general. It really is disgusting.
What?
A lot of us have identified that America isn't this super country anymore. Yes, America has a lot of excellent services and there are things to be proud of like the quality of some of the social services here. But what disgusts a lot of us most is this giant, exaggerated view of how America is number one and best country in the world when it clearly isn't and people just turning a blind eye to the problem. That doesn't disgust you in anyway?
I know people who absolutely believe we are the best country and people need to start following our system. They think we have the best education and support for the students when clearly it is not.
While there are things to be proud of here there are also A LOT of things that needs to resented like the ego and political system, which is extraordinarily flawed. It's general knowledge...
I am not biased against either parties nor am I trying to insinuate that these problems lie on one party. Instead we have a lot of problems but the ignorance and the mud flinging is annoying.
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