I do not. If anything I appreciate insights from folks that did not grow up here. |
One of my coworkers told me "A smart lady like you should be home raising children, not working. Your husband must not be thinking right." Oh and to the idiot who made the Crack about Utah...these people are from tropical religious countries, all different ones. I know when you think you're well traveled because you've been all over Europe, it's fun to sh*t on America as being "repressed". But there's a huge part of the world that's not on your radar. |
LOL. You've been drinking the kool-aid. |
No. Sometimes it's annoying when they continually talk about how dumb Americans are bc it's like "hello then why are you talking to me?!" |
I don't know who all of you are supposedly talking about because immigrants in my circle certainly don't talk about any particular culture in this way and certainly don't refer to all Americans as dumb. I think some of you are just making this up to trash immigrants. |
The 'Are you against the COMMUNIST REGIME?!!!' response to shut down any criticisms, however well deserved, was very much part of the Soviet playbook.
So, it's been done before and done better. As in, more effectively. Yes, you can spew hatred on immigrants, but can you really threaten with 10 years in camps? |
Many of the comments people make here are valid. However, there is an extreme American fragility held by a small number of people on this site. Just look at the thread about how British people cuss so colourfully. See the responses about them being obscene, elitist, emotionally repressed or white racists. A few people just can’t handle Americans being the best at everything. |
*not being the best |
Well. Maybe OP should be attempting to adapt to the US instead of criticizing. She was in the country for years prior to becoming a citizen and she hated it but was more than willing to take advantage and use the country and it's citizens for her pursuit of happiness. Maybe her husband begged her to be become an American citizen but none of the other 330,000,000 plus US citizens begged her to grace the country with her "oh so lofty" presence! one else did. |
I'm not contending that we are the best but we are so.much better than most of the world. |
you just proved her point. |
It doesn't bother me but I do wonder why they came and stay here if they are so miserable? |
Me too. I'm fine with recent immigrants complaining, I just wonder why they don't move somewhere else or back home. It's not like it's 1900 or something, we have the interwebs and plane travel. |
It kind of bothers me when people paint Americans with a broad brush. Yes, some people eat junk and others are really healthy eaters. Some people dress poorly, some dress up. America is a melting pot. There is so much variety and diversity, the whole gamut. Complaining about certain things is skewed when the opposite is also true. Why complain about junk food when there are entire aisles of vegetables in grocery stores, farmer's markets, etc. Just because something exists like junk food doesn't mean all Americans like it. You're basically biased and stereotyping and fixating on what bothers you. You see what you want to see and ignore the other evidence to the contrary. |
I find your imbalance in relationship the most concerning! Feel free to complain away, I agree with you. I grew up here and wish the people dressed more nicely instead of like slobs (not the DC area but other parts of the country), drive thru food is bad for you and Americans do utilize them. Getting mad at you for just voicing your thoughts and opinions? Oh no! Let it rip woman! |