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Originally posted by synic213
"...especially in a country that has such little awareness of or appreciation for other cultures as it is."
This made me cringe. In all the countries I've visited, the USA is one of the most open and accepting places in the world. Very few places in the world can SIG's so openly express their beliefs (right or wrong) and not be persecuted in one way or another.
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Yes, but this is also the country that arrested Sikhs in the aftermath of 9/11, thinking they were Arabs; and the same country whose President couldn't name the leaders of some pretty well-known countries in Africa and Eastern Europe; and the same country that regularly proposes deporting a host of illegal immigrants from Central and South America.
We can be a very tolerant and accepting country, but we have a way to go. We're a lot more isolated from other cultures than a lot of European countries, which can make us both more ignorant and more accepting at the same time.