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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aussie here. Agree it’s very incredibly easy to get a rise out of Americans by saying something vaguely uncomplimentary about the good ol’ USA, no matter whether it’s true or not. This thread is a classic example - OP says Americans don’t take criticism well and immediately some posters don’t take this well.

[b]People don’t like ‘outsiders’ criticising them - kind of like, I can criticise my own family but you had better not try. I don’t think the US is unique in this [/b]and it’s possibly a bit like an automatic reflex. Certainly it’s not everybody and perhaps an anonymous discussion board is prime territory for this kind of interaction.

But American exceptionalism seems pretty well entrenched with some and it’s strange how, no matter how carefully you try to couch something that is vaguely critical, there are always people who immediately respond with some sort of patriotic war cry and ‘go back to your own country’. Or they counter your point by arguing that everybody in the world is clamouring to come so it simply must be the best country in the world. [/quote]

Regarding the bolded, very true.  How do you react when non-Australians criticize Australia?  We'll wait.[/quote]

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