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You remember "manifest destiny" from history class?
It's the result of the successful execution of that ideology.
The belief that America is an exceptional country, with exceptional people and an exceptional system of government.
That poster you're replying to knew full well what it was before your post. He just doesn't think it's valid. Asking that question was his way of mocking the concept.
...but when it comes to starting wars we`re the undisputed champs. Exceptional indeed.
Not at all. That distinction belongs to Denmark/Sweden - we hold the undisputed record for most times at war, as well as for most years at war. Historians can't even agree on how many wars we've had nor when to start counting, but consensus places the number at at least 20.
So many great countries -- they all offer up something worth living in.
This is true. I'm on my third country, and there are upsides and downsides everywhere. (This point of view tends to enrage the people who know they couldn't muster the courage to move country, nor hold the skills and attitude that would make them successful anywhere else, btw.)
Your extremists are acting like the stasi, constantly in people's business like it's theirs, always blaming everyone, they're the reason trust level has gotten low in this country and people are becoming more cliquish, more reserved, less opening, etc.
Nedergras, the poster you replied to with the above ^^^^^ is a Democrat.
It seems as though libs have regressed to a state self loathing, in that they routinely express anger and hate over themselves.
Witness the new lib obsessions:
1. hating everything associated with being white- "white priveledge" and "white supremacy" are two of the favorite liberal sound bytes today.
2. hating males and "toxic masculinity"
3. hating Americans and American exceptionalism (they are Americans, whether they like it or not)
4. hating capitalists (got news for you)
5. hating those who produce CO2
Lots of hate and self loathing going around. One cannot function as a normal human being and hate yourself, as it is all consuming and creates a mal-adjusted individual. Perhaps as conservatives, we should seek a program to buy a lib a puppy or a kitten to cheer them up and start to curb the self loathing.
How many times do we hear even lib politicians "apologize" for being white or a white male? What the heck is going on in their heads?
Never. What the heck is going on in your head to make this assessment.
Interesting - I've been a liberal (or radical) for 50 years and never once thought of most of your rants. Now, certain things are clear - like the fact that "business people" are often happy to fleece or poison others for a few extra bucks. But the only reason that is "white" is that most wealth in the USA was that way...BY LAW AND CUSTOM for 100's of years.
My biggest heroes in all of history are mostly "white men".....so your point makes no sense.
You seem unable to differentiate between the "white man" who is a product of the Enlightenment and progressive (Lincoln, Hamilton, Jefferson, FDR and many others) and the "white man" who was illiterate and didn't care to be anything more than a turpentine tree tapper. The later is often the line that became the KKK and White Supremists that we "libs" abhor. We don't dislike the people....just the ideals which are long since dated.
Hopefully an educated man like you can understand such differences. Surely "anti-capitalist" liberals like Alexander Graham Bell (who didn't care to make a dime off his stuff) and Joseph Salk are worthy of all of our praise despite their views about the silly people who chase only money.
My thinking is that people like you create this imaginary world that they surround themselves with...sort of a real world comedy. Out of 100's of millions of people, you can certainly find people to laugh at or shake your head at.
But that is not the real world in terms of political POV.
It seems as though libs have regressed to a state self loathing, in that they routinely express anger and hate over themselves.
Witness the new lib obsessions:
1. hating everything associated with being white- "white priveledge" and "white supremacy" are two of the favorite liberal sound bytes today.
2. hating males and "toxic masculinity"
3. hating Americans and American exceptionalism (they are Americans, whether they like it or not)
4. hating capitalists (got news for you)
5. hating those who produce CO2
Lots of hate and self loathing going around. One cannot function as a normal human being and hate yourself, as it is all consuming and creates a mal-adjusted individual. Perhaps as conservatives, we should seek a program to buy a lib a puppy or a kitten to cheer them up and start to curb the self loathing. How many times do we hear even lib politicians "apologize" for being white or a white male? What the heck is going on in their heads?
Don't be such a drama queen. It sounds like you don't understand the difference between hate and disapproval.
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LOL.
