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2. American exceptionalism in essence: "We" are better "They" are. No facts or history

Wed May 28, 2014, 05:20 PM

May 2014

can convince us otherwise. The lessons of history and the constraints imposed by facts do not apply to "Us".

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Exceptionalism [View all] n2doc May 2014 OP

K&R n/t whatchamacallit May 2014 #1

American exceptionalism isn't about poll rankings... JaneyVee May 2014 #3

u forgot the sarcasm thingy moonbeam23 May 2014 #4

I'm giving a definition. JaneyVee May 2014 #5

All those polls will overtime undercut our "superpower" status, Uncle Joe May 2014 #9

USA, Liberia and Burma Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #6

Canada went metric in the 80s riverbendviewgal May 2014 #10

Another American exceptionalism - Citizen based Taxation riverbendviewgal May 2014 #11