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Posted by DC Warrior on 2008-11-05 09:31:40

In Reply to: Where else could this've happened? Is it not a shining positive example of American exceptionalism? posted by buzz on 2008-11-05 08:56:20

I have little or no patience for American exceptionalism. It justifies too much sin for my taste. I am happy but I dole out "pride" in measured doses. "Pride" in my experience leads to obstinancy and blindness.

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"This day I shall have to do with an idle curious vain man, with an unthankful man, with a talkative railer, a crafty, false or an envious man. An unsociable sarcastic man. A greedy man. A deceiver. Such is the way of the world, and I shall be no more affected by it than I am about changes in the weather." - Marcus Aurelius (translation from Latin by Jacob A. Stein)

Thread:

WHO HERE IS PROUD OF THEIR COUNTRY TODAY? - buzz 2008-11-05 08:10:38 (108 views)

I am - darragh 2008-11-05 11:48:53 (12 views)

For the first time since I can remember - The Editor 2008-11-05 10:02:21 (16 views)

IN THE WORDS OF JAMES BROWN - bballkrazy 2008-11-05 09:22:39 (32 views)

Me - Max Power 2008-11-05 09:11:36 (14 views)

Regarding Obama, absolutely!!!!!!! - gsfanatic1 2008-11-05 09:03:38 (16 views)

Me. - Hallama 2008-11-05 08:57:31 (16 views)

Proud of country. Annoyed with 52% of those who voted. - gsw_hoops 2008-11-05 08:39:25 (21 views)

LOL @ you. Wrong once again. - Flashfire 2008-11-05 09:24:18 (15 views)

Reagan died again last night - buzz 2008-11-05 08:46:09 (17 views)

But look on the bright side - you stripped fundamental rights from millions of Californians! - live 2008-11-05 08:45:27 (47 views)

Re: Proud of country. Annoyed with 52% of those who voted. - bluewire 2008-11-05 08:43:56 (50 views)

HAHAHA! LOSER! Rush must be pretty disappointed this morning... - shikantaza 2008-11-05 08:42:29 (18 views)

dunno. "pride" speaks to me of low expectations. i say that without a trace of irony - cuibono 2008-11-05 08:36:44 (48 views)

Heh - if he has a history of choosing the rock, maybe pride is appropriate - Gribble 2008-11-05 08:39:05 (19 views)

interesting way to look at it. "my kid's not as retarded as i thought". still dunno bout "pride" - cuibono 2008-11-05 08:39:52 (17 views)

Doesn't that choice depend on whether electricity is available where you are? - Earl j. Slick 2008-11-05 08:45:47 (15 views)

how does not having electricity make a rock better? - cuibono 2008-11-05 08:50:16 (17 views)

A rock can be much more useful than a Playstation - Gribble 2008-11-05 08:51:58 (15 views)

For starters, it wouldn't make me all pissed that I didn't have electricity - buzz 2008-11-05 08:51:46 (16 views)

if he's not a tard, he'd sell the ps3 and get a bigger rock - cuibono 2008-11-05 08:53:49 (17 views)

It's a worthless piece of plastic without electricity. You can use the rock to hit people or - Earl j. Slick 2008-11-05 10:15:04 (14 views)

If he can get somewhere that they have electricity, why not just keep the thing? - buzz 2008-11-05 08:57:24 (23 views)

so then why are you proud of that kid in the first place? - cuibono 2008-11-05 09:00:11 (15 views)

Because he is black, OK? - buzz 2008-11-05 09:01:19 (16 views)

yeah. jfc. not too long ago i was listening to my teachers, pastors etc use the n-word daily. unreal - cuibono 2008-11-05 09:04:37 (17 views)

Proud of the country. Annoyed with some Californians. - Gribble 2008-11-05 08:30:36 (21 views)

+1 - Hawk_941 2008-11-05 08:36:09 (17 views)

Seriously... can't believe they voted for the Beach Booze Ban in SD - buzz 2008-11-05 08:33:48 (45 views)

MLK speaks for me... "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world" - sideline_roamer_45 2008-11-05 08:24:20 (21 views)

Re: WHO HERE IS PROUD OF THEIR COUNTRY TODAY? - bluewire 2008-11-05 08:22:06 (45 views)

ROLL CALL. HERE - Method 2008-11-05 08:21:24 (19 views)

Here - TMC 2008-11-05 08:17:39 (19 views)

THERE ARE TOO MANY THINGS IN THIS COUNTRY'S HISTORY TO ALLOW ME TO BE PROUD - shikantaza 2008-11-05 08:13:33 (70 views)

I KNEW THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE AN UNQUALIFIED YES ;-) - buzz 2008-11-05 08:15:24 (60 views)

given my profession, no such thing as an unqualified answer - DC Warrior 2008-11-05 08:23:21 (54 views)

That feeling inside is called pride, no one's asking y'all to hand out smallpox blankets to Indians - buzz 2008-11-05 08:28:54 (43 views)

You're still looking for a simple yes or no answer to a complex question. - Earl j. Slick 2008-11-05 08:42:16 (38 views)

No more complicated than, "How are you, today?" - buzz 2008-11-05 08:44:58 (31 views)

If it's that simple than one must also be disgusted to be a Californian. - BackseatGM 2008-11-05 09:54:43 (15 views)

yeah but you said "proud" with all that connotes - DC Warrior 2008-11-05 08:49:47 (27 views)

Where else could this've happened? Is it not a shining positive example of American exceptionalism? - buzz 2008-11-05 08:56:20 (32 views)

Peru - DC Warrior 2008-11-05 09:31:40 (19 views)

a lot to that. those euros who feel so superior to americans would never ever ever vote in a black - cuibono 2008-11-05 09:12:12 (16 views)

Just to add... our problems are generally not American problems, they are global problems - buzz 2008-11-05 08:59:46 (32 views)

strongly disagree about the "always have been" - DC Warrior 2008-11-05 09:38:25 (21 views)

All good points. Not to nitpick but Woodrow Wilson didn't do anything in the 30's. - BackseatGM 2008-11-05 09:57:52 (14 views)

Such a lawyer. Me too. - Earl j. Slick 2008-11-05 08:24:45 (20 views)

IN SUM I AM PROUD ABOUT WHAT MY COUNTRY HAS DONE AND WHAT OUR DEMOCRACY - shikantaza 2008-11-05 08:20:32 (37 views)

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