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Originally posted by Kadath
I make the observation that you modestly called your own observation "interesting."  I will admit that several of filtherton's adjectives are more or less redundant, or at least similar (xenophobic and racist and discriminatory, selfish and materialistic, spiteful and hateful) and could have been combined into one. What other positive adjectives would you ascribe to us?
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To paraphrase a quote I hardly remember, "The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the most interesting person in the room"
Anyway, I would have added at least generous and kind, while saying fewer bad to underscore my belief that, while there are bad things about Americans, the good things generally outweigh them, not the other way around.
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Originally posted by filtherton
Does the idea that you might be seeing my slip turn you on, baby?
Actually, since there are already plenty of cheerleaders for america here, i was just trying to point out that americans don't shit sunshine, that there are many undesirable things about americans and american attitudes. I didn't think i needed to point out all of the great things about americans because i'm pretty sure that many americans are so full of their own americanness that to praise them would be the equivalent of preaching to the choir.
I did have to mention a few positive things to pre-empt the predictable "why do you hate america?" line. Although i guess it still wasn't enough.
Redundant shmedundant, the words are still accurate. I could've just said "dumb" and had the same effect as far as some people are probably concerned.
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I don't know...are you posted in "Portraits" or "Exhibition"?
And yes, "America hater" did cross my mind, but I was trying to be somewhat diplomatic and still make the point.
I guess I don't understand why you felt it important not only to emphasize, but to HAMMER on the fact that while there is some good, there REALLY is a lot of BAD about Americans.
Anyway, I hope it doesn't seem that I'm trying to start a fight over it, it just struck me as I was reading it.