Has American exceptionalism been replaced by sheer bullying?

[Aristus]

1. Bullying is all 'American Exceptionalism' ever was.

The flag-flailing 'patriots' out there who insist that America's wealth and power were ordained and provided by God overlook, or simply dismiss, the fact that everything we have, we stole from someone else.

That's theft, pure and simple. There's nothing exceptional or God-like about it.

Now, I love my country, too. But that doesn't mean I'm obliged to turn a blind eye to our past national crimes.

Leet's make this a country worthy of the effort and sacrifices by people of good will who came before us.