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This is why I am proud to not be an American. Your country is laughable at best.

This is insulting.

We've won wars, we've thrived more than any other country has.. If you lived here you would be thinking differently - this country is fantastic, but the media makes it out to be some terrible place. This country is very laughable, especially when we're watching are favorite comedy.
 

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It's not just one generation of mistakes your country has made. But if you want to think so, be my guest. Also, do not misinterpret my words. I never said America is horrible, just sub-par. And your discussion of it is only making your country look worse. And you do realise that the people living in and governing the nation, and how the nation interacts with others, are the only ways to judge a nation? What? Do you expect me to base my opinion of a nation based on the flowers that grow there if not the people?

Your country is sub-par to me. That's an opinion that will not change. Like I said before, if you are proud of it, good for you. I just don't agree with you.

Please point out to me when I said that you claimed that America is horrible. My discussion of my country shouldn't be making it look bad, seeing as this thread was never intended to say that America is a petty country obsessed with useless pop stars. In fact I don't believe I mentioned America at all in my original post.

I'm not trying to sway your opinion. You're entitled to it.
 

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It's not just one generation of mistakes your country has made. But if you want to think so, be my guest. Also, do not misinterpret my words. I never said America is horrible, just sub-par. And your discussion of it is only making your country look worse. And you do realise that the people living in and governing the nation, and how the nation interacts with others, are the only ways to judge a nation? What? Do you expect me to base my opinion of a nation based on the flowers that grow there if not the people?

Your country is sub-par to me. That's an opinion that will not change. Like I said before, if you are proud of it, good for you. I just don't agree with you.


No, our nation's morals may not be the best, but our military is fantastic.

Our nation has always been in the spotlight for it's inventors, products, and revolutionary thoughts and ideas.

Yeah, other countries may call us fat and lazy, but I'm damn proud to be an American.

We are, and always have been, one of the world's greatest super-powers.

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Please point out to me when I said that you claimed that America is horrible. My discussion of my country shouldn't be making it look bad, seeing as this thread was never intended to say that America is a petty country obsessed with useless pop stars. In fact I don't believe I mentioned America at all in my original post.

I'm not trying to sway your opinion. You're entitled to it.

Exactly.

This thread was not to rationalize america for being bad, nor good. It was to show you that people care more about Twerking the serious matters.
 

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SO STUPID WORLD.

NYSNC reuniting should be top news.
 

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Please point out to me when I said that you claimed that America is horrible. My discussion of my country shouldn't be making it look bad, seeing as this thread was never intended to say that America is a petty country obsessed with useless pop stars. In fact I don't believe I mentioned America at all in my original post.

I'm not trying to sway your opinion. You're entitled to it.
I'm sure that wasn't your intention, but that's what generally occurred. And thank you for understanding that I am entitled to my opinion. I appreciate that.


Look Down. What you're saying really is Insulting. If you have opinions like that, just keep them to yourself. That's all I'm trying to get across.
Does this country not allow freedom of speech? You may not agree with mine, and frankly, I don't care, but I am entitled to my opinion.


This is insulting.

We've won wars, we've thrived more than any other country has.. If you lived here you would be thinking differently - this country is fantastic, but the media makes it out to be some terrible place. This country is very laughable, especially when we're watching are favorite comedy.

I have lived there, and it's not as great as you make it seem. Hence my opinion. Not everyone is going to love something as much as you. That's life. It's not that serious.
 

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Oh America .
to bad breaking bad episodes are not on that list.

Listen to Punk people

I'm not sure I'm into the conspiracy stuff. ._.



See, I'm not too sure about that. Our society is preposterous, our government is large, but we also have many privileges that people in other countries don't. There are things I'm proud of, and then there are things that definitely disappoint me. Our military, certainly, is not "laughable." But at least you'd die with a smile on your face. :|



Riiiiiight, because those are of the utmost importance. ;)
Breaking Bad is, like, the fifth most important thing in the world right now xD

OT: That is sad. It's part of the media. I have noticed more and more that the media usually reports on stupid things like this to distract people. The government needs people to be stupid and mind-numb so they are easier to manipulate and so they make bad decisions. Then, they can swoop in and "fix" things, making people keep them in office. And what better way than the media to numb people's minds?
 

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Well you see theres this thing called the media, and the way its set up is.... nah let me stop
People are easily influenced in this country, and are purposely provided with an infinite amount of distractions to keep them from being keen on what their own government is getting itself involved in..... Why? There are lots of shit going on many different levels, Including, The CIA, Being involved with the rebels in syria, arming them. Propaganda that is basically Spewed out to people who don't know any better, in the form of news/ talkshows/ movies/ things like this. PUrsuade people to think that everything our gov does is for the right reason. BUt in reality most of them are shallow and have some other interests pulling the strings.
i could Go into way more detail but i don't want to post wallS of text. respect for this post though because It is pretty sad how naive americans can be
 

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It's crazy how this thread went from bad morals to defending the United States....
 

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The media sites and even to some extent news shows make money off advertisement. And with market research they cover the "stories" where they can get the most viewers. So yes the media is at fault for not prioritizing their top stories from most relevant to least relevant. But to the general public, the things that gets people attention is beyond me. People are more interested in what other peoples statuses, who's tweeting what, what's trending. But that's not limited to just the U.S. A lot of this is also in other countries as well.

In some ways Miley Cirus at the VMA is like the U.S. Because when America does something, everyone pays attention. People on here would not even be discussing Syria until America got in the mix. When it comes to nations, America is a rock star.

Yes we are a country often looked at as fat and lazy, but that's only because we've prospered for so long that a lot of people become complacent.
 

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It's crazy how this thread went from bad morals to defending the United States....

NB is like YouTube comments. Someone says something about Ice Cream, 2 hours later, you're debating how much chest hair Jesus had.
 

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Oh America .
to bad breaking bad episodes are not on that list.

I think a some breaking bad fans called 911 when the show cutoff mid episode.

XD But OT, that is quite disturbing. Already seems a "'Murica sux" discussion has started which is sad :NO:
 

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Hahaha.. so much media manipulation to distract the masses with insignificant things.
 
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