Why do so many people bash the USA?

[leftover_crack]

Am I striking some sort of chord with you folks?

Apparently some people are offended...

[Capt Dizle]

I am not ignorant nor blind. I understand perfectly what the Bush administration is trying to accomplish and I support it 100%.

[Dom Pedro II]

Oh, and BTW, I don't think of American "patriots" who post this crap as scapegoats, but rather as government sheep. Different animal entirely....

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by jimmytrick
I am not ignorant nor blind. I understand perfectly what the Bush administration is trying to accomplish and I support it 100%.

[Capt Dizle]

Originally posted by Dom Pedro II
Ehhh, I'm sick of this back and forth crap about America, but hell, I've got nothing better to do.

It's not America's practices. It's a powerful nation. Of course, its going to exert itself on other people. What's wrong with America is the self-righteous and the absolute denial of any wrong-doing that is the problem.

If America just fessed up to the fact that its not doing anything different than any other empire, then I personally wouldn't have any beef.

The problem is that America can't do that. America is the shinning light of liberty, freedom and truth. America is the best hope for peace, not only in our time, but in world history. I was lucky to be born here. Hopefully, as time passes, the freedoms we take for granted here can be made reality across the world.

[leftover_crack]

Plus considering the opinions of the rest of the world about 9-11 at the moment are plain silly. I saw in a poll 20% of the Dutch population believed the CIA was behind 9-11. Thats just plain retarded.

Why not speculate that america is enslaving Aliens trained to take control of arabs and hijack planes into buildings. Same amount of credibility.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by leftover_crack
"I don't know many Europeans who would use the phrase "Reject-hippie f@gs"


Just a misunderstanding.

*** in straight america does NOT mean gay. But loser..Backwards..a general derogatory remark. Its been like that for 20 years.

Thats why only americans say things like "This is gay" or "Person X is a ***"

and its not that we dont like fags or anything. Just 99% of us wouldnt say those things around them.

That is complete bulls***. The reason both gay and *** mean loser is because they mean homsexual. When you say that you are saying someone is a loser because they are homsexual. Learn some f**king etymology if you're gonna talk about the meanings of words.

[Flare]

~Laughter~ Methinks that I have started something! ~Chuckles~ Ah, well. What is so bad is that there is some truth to the bashing, but I also think that there is more than tha. ~Grins evilly~ No, I do not follow anybody blindly. I know that 3 / 4 of the leaders here are either corrupt or fools. ~Shrugs~ But our government has been built with some safeguards. It is when those are removed or by-passed that the real troubles begin. ~Shrugs~ That is life though.

Thanks for posting everyone!

P.S. - Vel, are you causing trouble AGAIN?!? It is bad enough that we have jimmytrick here!!! ~WEG~

[Dom Pedro II]

Wow... you actually believe that crap too, don't you, jimmy? Well, I suppose the world has to be filled with some starry-eyed idealists. If it were only filled with cynics, then there wouldn't be any schmucks left to elect people like Dubya.

[Fitz]

Originally posted by leftover_crack
ahh hippies. And you see why we dont like Europe? We are somehow automatically labeled Hypo-conservatives or evil Fascists. Which is funny cause im a libertarian and voted for Browne


HIPPIES!

Nah, I'm an anarchist (sort of), but I can't stand most hippy philosophies.

And if you're a libertarian you are pretty close to a hyper conservative. Once the party was hijacked a few years ago, they became second only to the Christian Coalition as far as social conservatism. The libertarian party is more conservative than the majority of republican party members.

Personally I think that most people here who claim to be libertarians don't even realize what kind of party they are supporting. They all seem to think it's the party of 5 years ago.

You wont catch me throwing around the term Fascist though.

[Velociryx]

O'course! I couldn't resist showing up in your first thread, Master Flare!

-=Vel=-

[Pekka]

Well if you would read more, you'd realize many countries get bashing. And there are very few that are bashing the regular Joe the Citizen. And what's wrong with bashing? It's fun, sometimes creative and there are few superpatriots that are easy targets and fun to tease.

About 98% being envy.. get real. I bet lots of it is envy in fact, but not that much. If I disagree with something, does it mean I'm poor, opressed, brainwashed, communist, evil, anti-US etcetc? Of course not. Except that poor part . It's just like a kid who gets teased for some reason and his/her mother says they just envy you . Yeah...

[Lars-E]

One thing:

Really dumb ppl can get an Ivy League education in the USA. That is really sickening. What is even worse is seeing these ppl in power excercising it... making stupid statements which counts and ppl listen to. Puke.

[Capt Dizle]

Vel, I knew Flare was your DL the moment I read the first post.

[Felch]

So if the United States wasn't the wealthiest most powerful nation in the world, people would still hate it Pekka?