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thespian86 · 07-24-2008, 08:42 AM

I can't believe I'm posting here but I'm still a child; what can I say.

The Freedom Fries comment. Okay, enough of this ridiculousness. I keep saying "Re-read my first post and you'll understand what I meant" because, in reality, I didn't accuse you of being arrogant at all. In fact, I made sure to say that you weren't. But you read it and got inflamed about the list, you missed the point completely. I'm tired of saying "re-read etc" so I'm just going to quote myself, and highlight the portions that I wished you would have re-read. Please read them before attempting to spar with me, by using my own words against me.

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Ready.

Manifest Destiny, The Turner/Frontier Thesis, Freedom Fries, Patriot Toast, Gitmo, Iraq, Fox News, 23 months of presidential posturing, CNN, foreign affairs and policy, Cuba, driving two states into the US and having people say "New Brunswick? All the way from Jersey?", oil, U-S-A, sporting events, your military, your media, your culture, "is he a mexican?", "man it must be cold up there (in july)", etc.

Your nation tends to put itself at the forefront for everything, and then expects when things go bad, for people to look aside. It's a lack of political accountability, and at least a little, if not a lot of, arrogance that makes this possible. And even though it isn't (or shouldn't be), it's become an international joke. It doesn't make you or the individuals of your country that; not even close. But the way you allow yourselves to be presented is all we see. And because of that, that's why we're here. That's how I feel.