"In my country"..... Oh please, shut up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Why is it smug to believe your country is great? I'm not a chest-thumping "proud to be an american" song loving types, but I love my country. It has flaws. Every country does, even your "higher quality of life" European country. But, I do think you should thank your lucky stars to live here. Yes.

I get seriously pissed off when people come to it and get to take part of the many great things it has to offer. The freedoms we have here. And, then come on here and piss and moan about it and the "smug" americans. Plus, it is MY HOME. Yes, I get pissed about people trashing my home.

Nothing smug about believing your country is great. Never said that. I also think the US is pretty great and it is my home now too. But my home country is great too, and your automatic assumption that I have come here for a better life and I should now be eternally grateful makes me think of you as smug, and ignorant too.

Are you the one behind all the "Americans this and that..." threads? If so, why? If not, what do you think of that poster?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Why is it smug to believe your country is great? I'm not a chest-thumping "proud to be an american" song loving types, but I love my country. It has flaws. Every country does, even your "higher quality of life" European country. But, I do think you should thank your lucky stars to live here. Yes.

I get seriously pissed off when people come to it and get to take part of the many great things it has to offer. The freedoms we have here. And, then come on here and piss and moan about it and the "smug" americans. Plus, it is MY HOME. Yes, I get pissed about people trashing my home.

Nothing smug about believing your country is great. Never said that. I also think the US is pretty great and it is my home now too. But my home country is great too, and your automatic assumption that I have come here for a better life and I should now be eternally grateful makes me think of you as smug, and ignorant too.

Are you the one behind all the "Americans this and that..." threads? If so, why? If not, what do you think of that poster?

No, I'm not. I haven't read the thread either so I can't comment on the poster. I opened this thread because of the provocative title and responded because the attitude of some of the posters reminded of the attitude of many people I encounter IRL. I do think that one of the PPs said it right: there is a difference between thoughtful criticism and bitching and moaning, and the latter is definitely rude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the US has many citizens who hate their own country and think themselves better than their fellow citizens bc they've become so European intheir ways. Don't believe me? Read more than Half the responses here. It's mostly Americans who hate other Americans. It's rather sad, actually.

I'm not really bothered by foreign nationals criticizing the U.S., for the most part. I would expect people to have a lot of affection and loyalty to their home countries, that's human. Americans can learn a lot from thoughtful comments from others.

What really bothers me are Americans who accuse their fellow citizens of "hating America" when they voice any criticism of it, especially when the accusation is coupled with the distinction between themselves--"real Americans"-- and the rest of us who live in cities or on the coasts, appreciate foreign travel, and eat arugula. I can't think of anything less patriotic than dissing your fellow Americans this way.

[Anonymous]

Americans are disgusting because they touch each other with their left hand--which is the one you wipe your ass with.

Ick!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Americans are disgusting because they touch each other with their left hand--which is the one you wipe your ass with.

Ick!

Only if you are from a certain religion which I won't identify here. If you wash your hands with soap and water (which are scarce in some places), this shouldn't be a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Americans are disgusting because they touch each other with their left hand--which is the one you wipe your ass with.

Ick!

Only if you really believe that God cares how you wipe your butt, is watching every time you do it, and if you do it the wrong way he will send you to H@ll. As opposed to, I don't know, criteria like treating other people well, trying to avoid hate and prejudice, or giving to charity....

[Anonymous]

I can't tell if this is a racist or an ethnocentric thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans are disgusting because they touch each other with their left hand--which is the one you wipe your ass with.

Ick!

Only if you really believe that God cares how you wipe your butt, is watching every time you do it, and if you do it the wrong way he will send you to H@ll. As opposed to, I don't know, criteria like treating other people well, trying to avoid hate and prejudice, or giving to charity....

It's not God you dumb ass. It's about hygiene!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the US has many citizens who hate their own country and think themselves better than their fellow citizens bc they've become so European intheir ways. Don't believe me? Read more than Half the responses here. It's mostly Americans who hate other Americans. It's rather sad, actually.

I'm not really bothered by foreign nationals criticizing the U.S., for the most part. I would expect people to have a lot of affection and loyalty to their home countries, that's human. Americans can learn a lot from thoughtful comments from others.

What really bothers me are Americans who accuse their fellow citizens of "hating America" when they voice any criticism of it, especially when the accusation is coupled with the distinction between themselves--"real Americans"-- and the rest of us who live in cities or on the coasts, appreciate foreign travel, and eat arugula. I can't think of anything less patriotic than dissing your fellow Americans this way.

Stereoptype much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans are disgusting because they touch each other with their left hand--which is the one you wipe your ass with.

Ick!

Only if you really believe that God cares how you wipe your butt, is watching every time you do it, and if you do it the wrong way he will send you to H@ll. As opposed to, I don't know, criteria like treating other people well, trying to avoid hate and prejudice, or giving to charity....

It's not God you dumb ass. It's about hygiene!

It's in religion in some places. And given I've seen you use the words "dumb a$$" before, and given what thread you were on, it is about religion for you. If you use soap, that will take care of the hygiene issue -- hygiene was indeed difficult at the time and place where this religion materialized, but not today.

[Anonymous]

For 11:45/12:08 -- why do you want Americans to think muslims are as awful as you seem to be? You should seriously think about how you're representing a whole group of people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For 11:45/12:08 -- why do you want Americans to think muslims are as awful as you seem to be? You should seriously think about how you're representing a whole group of people.

LOL wrong shot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the US has many citizens who hate their own country and think themselves better than their fellow citizens bc they've become so European intheir ways. Don't believe me? Read more than Half the responses here. It's mostly Americans who hate other Americans. It's rather sad, actually.

I'm not really bothered by foreign nationals criticizing the U.S., for the most part. I would expect people to have a lot of affection and loyalty to their home countries, that's human. Americans can learn a lot from thoughtful comments from others.

What really bothers me are Americans who accuse their fellow citizens of "hating America" when they voice any criticism of it, especially when the accusation is coupled with the distinction between themselves--"real Americans"-- and the rest of us who live in cities or on the coasts, appreciate foreign travel, and eat arugula. I can't think of anything less patriotic than dissing your fellow Americans this way.

Stereoptype much?

Indeed. I was pointing out the ridiculous stereotype all those "real Americans" hold of their fellow citizens.

[Anonymous]

Is telling them "to go home" not an option???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For 11:45/12:08 -- why do you want Americans to think muslims are as awful as you seem to be? You should seriously think about how you're representing a whole group of people.

LOL wrong shot.

Unlikely to be wrong. Possibly you're agnostic but you still identify on many cultural points.

Here's an even worse scenario: you're not muslim, but what you've done here is post about what many people think of as a muslim requirement (even if it's yours too). Then you make muslims look bad with your own immaturity and rudeness.

Excellent job!