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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 03:00 AM Original message |
I've never met an American I didn't like. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Because the giant corporations that run the world.... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because the US political system represents |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Because the REAL Americans are fed up with the Fox News and |
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flying rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. you must just attract |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. That's quite a compliment |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. Hell, I never met an Iranian I didn't like. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Online Counterexample no. 1 |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 05:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. You obviously never met a couple of my former coworkers... |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Yeah but YOU'RE not like them, are you? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. Thank you. That is so touching and really hits on the macrocosm/microcosm theme |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You are most welcome |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. I'll admit to quite a bit of self loathing (being a human) |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. Give us your postal address. I'm sure lots of us would like to mail some of our |
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sixmile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. You've obviously never seen this: |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. . |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Online counterexample no. 2 |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. For the record, I've encountered many selfish, ignorant, superficial, A-Hole americans |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Doubtless, Echo, but that's not really the main thrust of my post.... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I take George Carlin's approach. He was only interested in pointing out what was wrong... |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. That's just giving up! |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Or any country. |
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yella_dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Want my ex-wife's address? |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Online counterexample no. 3 |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. Because American society is designed to empower the selfish, mean-spirited assholes... |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. They don't know, do they? nt |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. Because the media only.. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. You have been extremely lucky in your American encounters |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. And I had a fun time when I visited Scotland. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. Attend a teabagger rally and your opinion will change really fast! |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Oh, nonsense! They're hardly REPRESENTATIVE, are they? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. My hometown is composed of about 60% teabaggers |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Well, I don't know what to say to that. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 06:16 AM Response to Reply #28 |
47. It depends on the region. In the south or the plains states, 'baggers are probably in the majority. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 06:25 AM Response to Reply #28 |
49. What makes you think YOUR tiny "N" is a representative sample? |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. The continuity of character. |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. I have one huge, gaping criticism |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Well, see, he does seem to be sort of a stand-in for the average American |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. true |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
32. The media promotion of what constitutes "American Culture" only projects the "typical American". |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. It seems to me that it ought to be possible to address these problems. |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 01:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. You are quite welcome. :) |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
33. I worry that I wouldn't qualify for such approbation based on my behavior overseas. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. There's nothing WRONG with being loud, exuberant and extroverted! |
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JeffersonChick (338 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
39. Thanks for giving me something positive to read! |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 04:45 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. No Probs! |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
42. As an Aussie |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
44. Then You Don't Know Enough Americans |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 05:11 AM Response to Original message |
45. To answer your question with my best guess... Real Americans never leave the States... |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
46. It's the other way round - travellers are not a representative sample of Americans. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
48. I'm a friendly traveller, too---travellers tend not to be closed-minded. Get it now? |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Why is it so important to you to focus on Americans you don't like? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-03-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
52. I notice you don't mention having met any americans in their habitat. |
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