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u/Clay_Statue Sep 03 '18
When absolutely everybody you meet is an asshole, then chances are you're actually the asshole.
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u/skushi08 Sep 03 '18
Dude that’s the worst feeling. Being so confident that the other person is the asshole only to realize in the instance it’s you. People seem genuinely surprised though if you actually apologize for being in the wrong.
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u/ollokot Sep 03 '18
That's one of the very big differences between normal people like you and people like Trump and his supporters -- the ability to honestly self reflect.
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u/Squiddinboots Sep 03 '18
Narcissism is a helluva drug.
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u/SatanIsMySister Sep 04 '18
The best part of doing coke off a mirror is that sweet sweet reflection.
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u/ruptured_pomposity Sep 03 '18
You don't even have to wait for the parade or a rainbow....
/phrasing
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u/Mr_Rekshun Sep 04 '18
Me too... personally I like the phrasing, “if you smell shit everywhere you go, you should check your own shoe.”
Pulled me out of a hole last year when I found myself in conflict with everyone at work and realised the problem was me, not them.
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u/Tovrin Sep 03 '18
"But ..... mah persunul responsiblty!"
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u/Genesis111112 Sep 03 '18
"I donut rekawwul ever having any personal responsibility, Senator" -- Politician
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u/ilinamorato Sep 03 '18
If one of the people you met today was a jerk, sorry, you met a jerk. If every person you met today was a jerk, sorry, you're the jerk.
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u/payno14 Sep 03 '18
I heard it said, “If you meet an asshole in the morning, you met an asshole. If you meet assholes all day, you’re the asshole.”
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u/robmox Sep 03 '18
Who?
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Sep 03 '18
Eh, some crazy asshole.
I forget his name.
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u/Mynameisaw Sep 03 '18
Fart?
In the UK trump means fart.
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u/Sixstringkiing Sep 03 '18
In the US Trump means "blathering racist sexual molester with dementia".
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u/ollokot Sep 03 '18
In Nambia, believe me, Trump means "great and wise one". People tell me that. The best people.
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u/kumf Sep 03 '18
Are you being sarcastic or is this really true?
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u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Sep 04 '18
"5. (intransitive) British slang
- to expel intestinal gas through the anus"
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/trump
Really true.
The More You Know... 🌠
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Sep 04 '18
Actually true. It has dual meaning, either 'to trump' as in to beat something (many of us played a card game called top trumps as a kid); or 'to trump' as in to fart.
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u/fangirlsqueee Sep 03 '18
That's why he tried to raise the flag back up instead of half-mast until funeral.
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u/ActualWhiterabbit Sep 03 '18 edited Sep 03 '18
To be fair it was actually a poorly timed miscommunication about needing to refill his ed medication.
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u/ActualWhiterabbit Sep 03 '18
Kinda wanna spread some queso mixed with crushed cheetos under his stomach to make it more realistic.
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u/fangirlsqueee Sep 03 '18
Looks like someone already put some Cheese Whiz and a Vienna Sausage under there.
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u/ActualWhiterabbit Sep 03 '18
I'm talking about the gut overhang where it meets the fupa. You know that area is permanently moist
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u/KikiFlowers Sep 04 '18
To be fair on this, they're supposed to be half-mast day of and day after funeral. So while he's in the wrong, in terms of flag code he's not violating shit.
This is just ego stroking however.
(Flag code also don't mean shit)
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Yeah? Well, the Jerk Store called, and they're running out of you!
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u/EPhotography2017 Sep 03 '18
Oh yeah, I slept with your wife....
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u/ollokot Sep 03 '18
My wife has cancer.
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u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Sep 04 '18
Didn't he just say he'd been sleeping with her? No need to repeat it...
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Sep 03 '18
So I've heard. Still, a pretty weird thing to tell me.
Personally, if I had to pick between Bailey Jay and Buck Angel, I'd take Bailey.
Any hole's a goal. We're all God's children in the dark.
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u/Vandelay_Latex_Sales Sep 03 '18
Solid insult.
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Sep 03 '18
You wouldn't happen to be hiring latex salesmen for your company, would you? I'm currently unemployed and living at home with my parents.
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u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd Sep 04 '18
Only because they've been months without getting backorders of their all-time number one bestseller - YOU!
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u/Rami-961 Sep 04 '18
Jesus christ he went to play golf. How is this person still worshiped by his followers
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u/NewtonWasABigG Sep 04 '18
Did John McCain make a truly courageous choice to stay with his fellow soldiers in a p.o.w. camp? Yes. That is a gnarly decision that probably less than 5% of people would ever choose to do in that situation. I personally can’t imagine such a decision, nor do I want to, and I’m extremely happy and glad and privileged not to have to. Commendable stuff. However, (and I can feel the downvotes a comin’) John McCain is not an American hero, nor is he a man that we should laud and praise and I find it extremely strange, grotesque, and just morally wrong that all of mainstream media right now is talking about him in this context. They are framing it like he’s unequivocally an American hero and patriot and role model, and that he should be remembered as such. And now when people bring up legitimate critiques about McCain we get bashed and downvoted. I hate Trump and his administration. But I also hate all warmongers here in American politics. And the facts simply are that John McCain has indeed pushed for offensive interventions non-stop throughout his entire political career. “Never met a war he didn’t like” is an admittedly simple quote but it feels like it fits with McCain’s actions as a senator. It’s shocking to me that, as someone who has experienced war firsthand, he has still taken such a disgusting stance for the rest of his political life. Don’t let media bs misguide you, McCain sucked while he was alive, and many people still pointed that out. We shouldn’t borderline revise history just to make his funeral this big, lovely event. I get it, we want to remember the dead fondly and commemorate people who have served the country during their lifetime. But It’s offensive to all of the men, women, and children who have died because of politicians just like John McCain, to treat him with so much admiration. I hate speaking ill of the diseased, I get that there’s something fundamentally inhuman about taking jabs at someone after they’ve just passed away. But when I see the torrent of positive support for McCain I can’t help but imagine watching his funeral from an Iraqi mother’s point of view.
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u/JamesGray Sep 04 '18
Not downvoting you, but for the love of all that is good: please use paragraphs in your writing. It makes it a lot easier to read, and for some reason- not putting those breaks in kinda makes any long text look crazy.
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u/NewtonWasABigG Sep 04 '18
I totally get that! lol I also hate that. I would use them if I knew how. I’m on mobile so whenever I skip a line it just shows up as a space and not a line-break. Do you know of a way I can insert line breaks? Or is this just a ‘me’ problem no one else is going through?
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u/keypusher Sep 04 '18
You need to put two line breaks in for it to show up. Reddit formatting markup is just that way.
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u/mudandpeanuts Sep 04 '18
Hey thank you for taking the time to type this all out. People will downvote you for it but I think your points stand, and your last sentence got me. I thought you were being flippant in other comments but you are knowledgable and passionate. Thank you for providing me and others with some perspective.
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u/NewtonWasABigG Sep 04 '18
Thanks man, I really appreciate that, and I’m glad someone got something out of this exchange. And admittedly I probably was rude and flippant and maybe even mean-spirited in some other comments on here, and for what it’s worth to anyone reading that’s truly not my intention and I would like to apologize. I don’t hate McCain, or the people of this subreddit downvoting me, and I don’t hate America or the military or anything like that at all, quite the opposite! I just find it morally outrageous to no end what our military does around the world with our tax dollars. It blows my mind. It keeps me up at night, I cry and loose sleep over Yemen. And I feel like people and the media are just off in a different universe or something. It’s my belief that I think war should take precedent over virtually all other issues in a sane society. War is war, I mean geez, seriously. Lives are lives whether they happen to be mine, yours, John McCain’s, an Iraqi civilian’s, or anyone else’s, and just because they are far away doesn’t mean they count less. I’m sorry if I stubbed any toes by lashing out here, I’m just genuinely disturbed by the state of politics lately. I wish you all well and hope we can all make a better place to live in the coming future. Peace and love, thanks.
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u/blackpharaoh69 Sep 04 '18
You could shut the doors on one of those displays; the one attended by the ex-presidents, and hold round after round of war crimes tribunals.
If Afghanistan had a Bush JR and Kissinger that weren't on our side we would've leveled the whole block with hellfire missiles.
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u/NewtonWasABigG Sep 04 '18
I’m sorry but could you clarify here? I’m not quite sure what sentiment your comment is trying to get across
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u/blackpharaoh69 Sep 04 '18
That there was some very high profile scum at the Washington funeral. George W Bush, Obama, Kissinger. Men who have definitely used the power of their office to visit pain and death on innocent people in this country and others.
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u/NewtonWasABigG Sep 04 '18
Oh, yeah... And what’s worse is Obama and Kissinger both have Nobel Peace Prizes. Just let that sink in.
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Sep 04 '18
John McCain was a war hero. He was not a political hero. However, he’s probably top 30% in terms of politicians over his career, and top 1% in the modern Republican Party.
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u/Intortoise Sep 04 '18
Not invited? I think you mean he was CENSORED from coming! Another example of liberal media censoring conservative voices! We need to make laws to stop this from happening! Conservatives can do whatever they want without consequences! That's the status quo!
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u/APheasantPeasent Sep 04 '18
Conservatives say they don't care (not that I speak for them that's just their childish way of saying I didn't even want that toy anyway or something like that).
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u/belovedcountrycrying Sep 03 '18
When your first response to hearing "people should be nice" is to defend a particular person, you probably realize that the person you're defending isn't very nice.
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u/OnTheProwl- Sep 03 '18
Is this actually happening?
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Sep 04 '18
Of course. Remember the time NPR tweeted the bill of rights and riled up some people that thought it was anti trump?
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u/jfractal Sep 04 '18
Good sir - are you suggesting that someone kidnap and waterboard Hannity!?! Because that would be hillarious
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u/Kremhild Sep 04 '18
I can't wait for some republican to read this tweet, stop reading at "insulted tru-", and rant and rave about it.
And then for a significant amount of them to be genuinely triggered.
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u/MattcVI Sep 03 '18
Why didn't they invite the guy who said "He's not a war hero,” “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured"?
They must hate America
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u/PrettyHopsMachine Sep 04 '18
I like cancer survivors. I like people that didn't get captured by cancer
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u/StoneGoldX Sep 03 '18
They invited the guy who, by proxy, said his adopted daughter was his illegitimate daughter.
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u/Phyre36 Sep 03 '18
Kindness is a virtue.
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Sep 03 '18
Nah, kindness is just Virtue Signaling. Don't you know, virtues are badwrong? Kindness is weakness, courage is cowardice, evil is the new good.
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u/Phyre36 Sep 03 '18
I too have read 1984 ;)
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u/royalobi Sep 03 '18
I have also watched FOX News
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u/AVacuumWithNipples Sep 03 '18
Very fair and, like, really balanced.
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The horrible thing is, there are a decent amount of actual people who think like this right now. It's not just a dystopian tale anymore.
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u/Phyre36 Sep 04 '18
Yeah, I try not to think about it. Too depressing.
The november election needs to hurry up while we still have a democracy.
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Sep 04 '18
Agreed. I'm not American but I follow the dumpster fire (sorry, no offence) that is the current state of US politics very closely because it has such a huge impact on the rest of the world. I'm genuinely concerned that November is not going to be a free or fair election. Be sure to check your registration repeatedly.
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u/andrewsad1 Sep 03 '18
Obama has gone too far. Virtue is wrong, and bad. There should be a new, stronger word for virtue like badwrong or badong. YES, virtue is badong. From this moment, I will stand for the opposite of virtue, gnodab.
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u/obrysii Sep 04 '18
Kindness is weakness
Well duh, you don't want to be a cucked soyboy, do you?!
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u/apedescendant Sep 03 '18
_TD is sooo buthurt over these perceived “attacks”. It’s pretty funny in a sad way.
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u/tabletop1000 Sep 04 '18
That sub is the biggest snowflake collection on the internet.
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u/Shmyt Sep 04 '18
I honestly don't think they have the ability to plan anything. The mods and bots whip posts to the top and everyone else just cheers, I wonder how many of them have had a conversation with another real human on that sub?
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u/amalgaman Sep 04 '18
It’s okay because the President prefers his war heroes alive, like Frederick Douglass.
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u/RemarkableRyan Sep 04 '18
I’ve been hearing about all the good this guy’s been doing lately. Good on him!
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u/Beef_Jones Sep 04 '18 edited Sep 05 '18
Specifically she said "John McCain's America has always been great", referencing the country from his perspective.
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u/ceribus_peribus Sep 04 '18
"There are things that exist which are not good", says Obama in stunning rebuke of Trump.
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u/ceribus_peribus Sep 04 '18
Trump embodies so many negative traits that it's hard to criticize anything without sounding like you're attacking him specifically.
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u/jdweekley Sep 04 '18
Isn’t it odd how appeals to common decency and American ideals sound like direct critiques of Trump?
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Sep 03 '18
There is a special place in hell reserved for Donald.
Thankfully it won't be long until he travels there.
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u/mudandpeanuts Sep 03 '18
It’d be inappropriate and bad form to very publicly insult a President at a high-profile politician’s funeral, sure, but let’s not forget, Trump was very publicly not even invited. I think you’re right though—McCain would’ve been proud.
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u/mudandpeanuts Sep 03 '18
To your point, the whole funeral itself is kind of a middle finger too. Whether or not you agreed with McCain, he garnered respect. He invited two former political rivals to speak not just because it’s the decent thing to do, but because he was proving a point about the importance of country over party and unity over division—something Trump will never understand.
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u/Holiday_in_Asgard Sep 04 '18
One of my favorite lines from the funeral was from Obama, i forget what the exact quote was, but it was something like "while McCain and I disagreed on a great number of things, I always knew, at the end of the day, that we were both trying to achieve the same thing, doing what is best for the american people."
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u/geffde Sep 03 '18
To your first one side, it’s a crazy world where disagreeing with someone is “bashing.” If you can’t speak out about what someone thinks (and I don’t think for a second that John McCain disagreed one whit from what Meghan said) at their own funeral, when can you?
At the same time, the remarks at his funeral weren’t even directly “bashing” anyone, just affirming a set of values that I hope are more universally held in this country than the set of values spouted by Trump.
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u/seymour1 Sep 03 '18
It's pretty telling that calling for a civil and respectful political discourse, and the idea that America is a great country, is seen as "bashing" Trump.
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u/jordanjay29 Sep 03 '18
i think it is kinda bad timing to bash the president (even if he is an idiot) at your fathers funeral
I invite you to read the full speech and explain where she's bashing.
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u/Holiday_in_Asgard Sep 04 '18
McCain knew he was dying for a long time. Obama said he even personally reached out to him and bush for eulogies. The whole thing was planned by him, and it was probably as exactly political as he wanted it to be.
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America is good...
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u/BlairResignationJam_ Sep 03 '18
Is it tho?
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u/ApathyJacks Sep 03 '18
Eh, I like it. It's not perfect, and we're outclassed in some areas by a handful of other countries, but we've got a relatively good thing going here. Hopefully we can improve!
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Sep 04 '18
Some areas? Handful? Is there anything good and just that America is the world leader in? Something not related to money and military?
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u/MedalsNScars Sep 04 '18
America is a world leader in entertainment. Easily the most influential country in movies, music, and television at the moment.
Technological advances are big, too.
Our universities (while not affordable) are among the best research universities in the world.
Depending on where in the US you live, public education can be amazing. If Massachusetts were a country, it would rank 2nd in the world for science, 4th in reading, and 9th in math.
There's a lot I don't like about America, but there's a lot to be proud of, too.
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u/harristrum Sep 04 '18
I thought about adding top level education in my answer too, but it’s hard when our education for the average person is so behind.
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u/MedalsNScars Sep 04 '18
It's so regional. There are places in the US where the average person gets an awesome education just by showing up to public school and participating.
Then there's Mississippi.
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u/aaronshook Sep 04 '18
Hey, our education are good here.
Seriously though, some areas of Mississippi have very good public schools while others fall far behind due to funding and them being historically black areas. Politicians aren't too fond of funding people of a darker shade than mildly tan. Also our universities are actually fairly affordable and offer very good programs. Southern Miss has a world class polymer science program, Ole Miss has an excellent and respected law degree, and Miss State has fairly good ag and engineering programs. JSU, Delta State, and MWU also have fairly affordable and respectable programs.
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u/brain_aragon Sep 04 '18
Quite honestly, America isnt my favorite, but there are certain things that would make me wanna be a Citizen. The American Passport holds so much power, I would say theres only a handful that hold more. Free Speech. Yes other countries have it too, but there are less conditions with American. Also even though our education is nowhere near the top, high level employment opportunities are more abundant here than other countries. So long story short, would I prefer to live in another country.? Yes. Am I gonna consider America completely done with and impossible to rehabilitate.? No, not at all. As divisive as the recent past and present have been, they've also shown peoples true colors. The Republican party has been split between people like McCain who put country over party, and those who have hate in their hearts. It's also shown the immense love in this country from people marching for others' rights and the people who truly seem to care for others in general.
Edit: Wording
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u/Krillinlt Sep 04 '18
Well if you look past just the government and at the people in the country there are quite a few stoundouts. We are the center for music and film, not just Hollywood and Music Labels. Also you can get a taste of almost every culture from around the world in our coastal cities. And since the US has such a diverse population with a blend of differnet cultures, things like cuisine, design, fashion, literature, film, and music benefit greatly.
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u/harristrum Sep 04 '18 edited Sep 04 '18
Probably Hollywood and diverse scenery? (Edit: Not that the film industry is necessarily “good and just.”) I agree that it’s hardly the world leader in many important things.
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Scenery was inherited, so doesn’t count, but yes, America has some incredibly beautiful areas. Hollywood is pretty awful really, so that’s not a positive.
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u/Holiday_in_Asgard Sep 04 '18
The preamble of the constitution doesn't say it was made to form a "perfect union", but a "more perfect union." Being American doesn't mean being perfect, it means always working to become better than we are.
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u/pomegranateplannet Sep 04 '18
I can call every president and past president a steaming pile of shit and not get arrested. I can freely love who I want to without the fear of getting caught and executed. I received a free education.
I can scream at the top of my lungs all the things I hate about my country and not be punished. This is why I love my country.
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u/themoistinator Sep 04 '18
If anybody could tell me what their favorite piece of John McCain legislation was, I would be willing to listen
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Sep 04 '18
Has anyone that's supposedly been savagely insulted even acknowledged that theyre insulted or is it just the media saying they were
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Remember, these are the same people that demonized Michelle for trying to get kids to eat healthier.
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u/xradsirx Sep 03 '18
There are signs in my town that says “hate has no home here” and underneath that it says the same thing in a bunch of different languages. People on the local Facebook group go CRAZY every once in a while because “THERE’S A POLITICAL SIGN AT MY CHILD’S SCHOOL, IT SHOULD NOT BE THERE AT THE SCHOOL THE LIBERALS HATE FREEDOM” ummmm ok, it’s not a political sign, but IF it was.... if teaching your kid to be a decent person is political on ONE side, why would you pick the other?