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RationalMan

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6. The idea we were ever exceptional is fiction

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 07:45 PM

Dec 2014

Do I believe the U.S. has, in the aggregate, done some good things? Yes but....

We have been responsible for horrific crimes against people around the world.

But conservatives love to think we are so "special" and that we can do no wrong. That is foolish and misplaced.

We need to begin to acknowledge our crimes and strive to do better.

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