Screw 'em if they hate us
POSTED BY: 6ixStringJack
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 09:13
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Originally posted by yinyang:
Actually, the U.S. was ranked 17th in 2002, and 22nd in 2004:
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4116 (2002)
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11715 (2004)
Your point is what?
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
America.... You've come a long way baby.
Don't let the haters get you down.
I have to agree on the face of it. But most of the people I see getting labeled 'America Haters', aren't that at all. They're people standing up against corrupt leadership that doesn't have a clue what being American means in the first place. Doing that, in the face all the lambasting and demagoguery that will inevitably result, is about the most patriotic thing I can think of.
SergeantX
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*doublepost gremlin*
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Originally posted by yinyang:
Actually, the U.S. was ranked 17th in 2002, and 22nd in 2004:
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4116 (2002)
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11715 (2004)
Pressies just hate Bush, is all.
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Quote:How on Earth can Republicans control most of the American media, spend most of the time controlling the US Government, and yet still have a colossal victim complex? Is this some sort of undiscovered mental illness?
Originally posted by rallem:
I don't think there is any real study of our freedom of the press and I also think we are rated low whenever there is a Republican President just to make that office look bad.
Quote:Well I imagine his point was that: the US not being rock bottom every time this list was compiled during the Bush presidency, pretty much refutes your silly assertion?
Originally posted by rallem:
Your point is what?
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
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Originally posted by SignyM:
They're jealous of our long work hours, our high crime rate, our homelessness, our boob of a President, our monopolism, our lack of health-care. And what they're REALLY jealous of is our system of government, which is freely selected by a corrupted and fraudulent voting system.
At least you're consistant. Any time anyone says anything less than disparaging about the US you gotta jump up with your litany of horrors. I don't believe that I have ever seen you post anything at all positive about your country.
Admit it, Siggy. You're the hater.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Thanx, Yin. I am a little confused by the 2 posts, and 2 different ratings, only 15 min. apart.And as I suggested, I could buy not in the Top Ten-- which makes 17th or 22nd reasonable, but not 47th. And I was pretty close , off the top of my head, with 150 nations instead of 169-- I guess-timated closer than I thought I could. Gonna hafta look at all the links you provided and see if I agree or not.
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Originally posted by Geezer:
At least you're consistant. Any time anyone says anything less than disparaging about the US you gotta jump up with your litany of horrors. I don't believe that I have ever seen you post anything at all positive about your country.
Admit it, Siggy. You're the hater.
Yah, because if you're not 100% for America you're just "hating" on America, right? God forbid someone would point out many of the tragic horrors that go on in the USA on a daily basis. That would inject some sort of reality into the discussion.
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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
Thanx, Yin. I am a little confused by the 2 posts, and 2 different ratings, only 15 min. apart.And as I suggested, I could buy not in the Top Ten-- which makes 17th or 22nd reasonable, but not 47th. And I was pretty close , off the top of my head, with 150 nations instead of 169-- I guess-timated closer than I thought I could. Gonna hafta look at all the links you provided and see if I agree or not.
You don't even need to do that. All you have to do is look at the news media in the US and then compare the coverage from the BBC or Spiegel ( http://www.spiegel.de/international/). Just give it a week. You'll be very very surprised with the profound lack of journalism that is in your country.
In fact, when I lived in the US I found that MTV News provided better journalism than any of the major networks. It was shocking to discover that. I wonder if that's changed and MTV News is just as bad.
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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
Yah, because if you're not 100% for America you're just "hating" on America, right? God forbid someone would point out many of the tragic horrors that go on in the USA on a daily basis.
If Siggy ever did anything but point out (and often exaggerate) things that aren't right in the US, I'd consider her just like anyone else. There's good and bad here to be noted. But she's 100% critical of everything about the US, or at least has never mentioned a positive. I'd say that qualifies as hating.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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