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64. I'm not sure why you're so disappointed by it

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Nov 8, 2024, 12:54 PM

Nov 2024

1. you don’t live in the US

2. You have made your strong dislike of western countries pellucidly clear.

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It is Pellucidly Clear that I too am delusional about [View all] malaise Nov 2024 OP

Maybe you just need a new stupid catchphrase thebigidea Nov 2024 #1

The catch phrase is not the problem but whatever n/t malaise Nov 2024 #2

Mal - You handled that well. Good for you. MMBeilis Nov 2024 #84

Thanks malaise Nov 2024 #86

Are you the catchphrase police? Bettie Nov 2024 #4

It's a fine catchphrase, big Leghorn21 Nov 2024 #5

Manners are still an accepted mode of behaviour. niyad Nov 2024 #21

EXACTLY. groundloop Nov 2024 #32

Yes, and civility is the preferred mode of conduct at DU, per the TOS. ShazzieB Nov 2024 #95

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2024 #23

Wow MustLoveBeagles Nov 2024 #59

Darn, looks like I missed another troll. niyad Nov 2024 #72

Missed ir malaise Nov 2024 #79

Wow. Really? Aren't you cute. AllyCat Nov 2024 #83

Why? I think Malaise's catchphrase is perfect. LoisB Nov 2024 #90

Oh yeah? ShazzieB Nov 2024 #96

um, we were still a great country all throughout my political life bigtree Nov 2024 #3

I hear you bro malaise Nov 2024 #7

No, they cannot be ignored. I afraid for the near future they're gonna be all up in our grills. Magoo48 Nov 2024 #15

Hugs for you malaise Nov 2024 #16

I'm with you on that bigtree Nov 2024 #18

And this is beyond Reagan and Bush.. cilla4progress Nov 2024 #36

It is now a perfect fascist, autocratic, hate filled country. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #14

Add to that an oligarchy. llmart Nov 2024 #62

So we start working to improve our chances in 2026. oldsoftie Nov 2024 #66

delete maptap22 Nov 2024 #6

Patriarchy is the lynchpin of religion malaise Nov 2024 #9

Perfectly stated La Coliniere Nov 2024 #10

We must adjust our mind set that it is not a political fight, it is a religious fight and attack in2herbs Nov 2024 #60

Great post malaise Nov 2024 #82

never was bigtree Nov 2024 #20

Agree. ancianita Nov 2024 #73

Wear earplugs. I'm already hearing it ... from a sibling. KPN Nov 2024 #70

I agree with you Loryn Nov 2024 #8

We are now officially a third world nation, ruled by reich wing oligarchs for our destruction. lark Nov 2024 #11

We have been conditioned to fight, flight, freeze. Clouds Passing Nov 2024 #41

Survival biology Lulu KC Nov 2024 #54

There's not going to be anywhere we can run to, the US is the world's superpower, soon it's under the control Clouds Passing Nov 2024 #65

Absolutely true Lulu KC Nov 2024 #68

We must build community, no more time left to be loners Clouds Passing Nov 2024 #69

Oh! Ysabel Nov 2024 #113

Meow! Lulu KC Nov 2024 #117

Holey buckets. If I wasn't throughly depressed before SammyWinstonJack Nov 2024 #98

"Greatest country in the world is pure bullshit." Aussie105 Nov 2024 #12

So true IMHO! I have always thought that statement was bullshit and ELITIST cornball 24 Nov 2024 #42

The meme "greatest country in the world" llmart Nov 2024 #67

Agree, but Abstractartist Nov 2024 #13

I hope the young people continue to wake up malaise Nov 2024 #17

I believe Abstractartist Nov 2024 #71

stop blaming US Skittles Nov 2024 #93

Sorry Abstractartist Nov 2024 #100

repukes own the media Skittles Nov 2024 #101

Totally Abstractartist Nov 2024 #103

I know highly educated people Skittles Nov 2024 #104

Education fixes ignorance not stupidity. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #105

I see them as both ignorant and stupid Skittles Nov 2024 #109

Evil and stupid. Ignorance isn't really a viable excuse. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #111

" Greatest country in the world is pure bullshit.". No Shit Mo-Foe.... ashredux Nov 2024 #19

We have always had inconsistencies with our creed. Prairie_Seagull Nov 2024 #22

Indeed malaise Nov 2024 #24

You have to look at the bright side: Foreign policy will be easier, just do whatever Putin wants. surfered Nov 2024 #25

Far from over my friend angrychair Nov 2024 #26

I like your thinking malaise Nov 2024 #31

I really like your message, angrychair, but there's one problem. You write, "We are still a nation of laws." jaxexpat Nov 2024 #52

This Ferrets are Cool Nov 2024 #57

Yep I'm very worried about the 'laws' part malaise Nov 2024 #87

I think you are correct... Ysabel Nov 2024 #80

Right on Malaise.. mountain grammy Nov 2024 #27

Hey you😀 malaise Nov 2024 #88

The "idea" of America is a great one.... marmar Nov 2024 #28

Makes me think of that insipid Lee Greenwood song the fascists love... Charging Triceratops Nov 2024 #29

Yeah, I'm woke. And I'm still proud of that despite the criminal's victory. What's more, allegorical oracle Nov 2024 #30

Exactly, my dear malaise cilla4progress Nov 2024 #33

Food network malaise Nov 2024 #34

Here in the "greatest" country, or at least in my little part of it, we don't have ... JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2024 #76

Such a good question. MontanaMama Nov 2024 #74

What was the problem? gab13by13 Nov 2024 #35

You'll go right up to the board and write 100000 times, "I will find justification for idealism no matter the evidence." jaxexpat Nov 2024 #37

I seem to be in a minority on DU in believing that whether or not the USA is the "greatest country in the world" Martin68 Nov 2024 #38

Plenty of folks assume someone else is going to get their face eaten by the leopard IronLionZion Nov 2024 #39

It was always an aspirational concept... Wounded Bear Nov 2024 #40

Apparently, I'm too delusional as well. I expected too much of people. In It to Win It Nov 2024 #43

I agree. My focus now is what I intend to do now that I can no longer deny this. Iris Nov 2024 #44

History is replete with crimes against humanity bucolic_frolic Nov 2024 #45

Stop this! Nothing you did was delusional. Nothing you did was mistaken or wrong. Scrivener7 Nov 2024 #46

I hear you malaise Nov 2024 #47

. Scrivener7 Nov 2024 #48

My delusion is about humans evolving stillcool Nov 2024 #49

The USA has nukes and has used them. ananda Nov 2024 #50

I was in a bubble. barbtries Nov 2024 #51

there ARE more of us Skittles Nov 2024 #94

i know one. barbtries Nov 2024 #97

What a fucking wanker! TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #107

Then how are they "Us"? They are deserters. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #106

I'll let Bob reply. Tommymac Nov 2024 #53

Nice malaise Nov 2024 #91

Which is why engaging ourselves and. . . pat_k Nov 2024 #55

Mostly in service to corporations and businessmen Blue Full Moon Nov 2024 #56

I feel personally beaten down. Prairie_Seagull Nov 2024 #58

The opposite of love is indifference. malthaussen Nov 2024 #61

I don't see it as a grievance, but as laziness, Conjuay Nov 2024 #112

Too facile, a tad arrogant, and a disclaimer of responsibility. malthaussen Nov 2024 #116

I'll stick with my idealsism pfitz59 Nov 2024 #63

I'm not sure why you're so disappointed by it BannonsLiver Nov 2024 #64

All my siblings and their families are Americans malaise Nov 2024 #78

Right now, I'm going to go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for this whole thing to blow over. Initech Nov 2024 #75

This election has revealed who we are as a nation PJMcK Nov 2024 #77

Well said malaise Nov 2024 #99

ALL OF THIS!! Jit423 Nov 2024 #81

OK, so this is who we are. soldierant Nov 2024 #85

K&R spanone Nov 2024 #89

Please do not feel badly. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #92

We can hope malaise Nov 2024 #102

I know. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #108

The promise of a more perfect Union... electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #110

I want to hope malaise Nov 2024 #114

I have doubts, too. Progress, then regression, then progress... electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #115