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Poll: Opinion of the USA
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View Poll Results: How does your nation view the United States?
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39.80% |
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Neutrally
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27.36% |
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32.84% |
Member Since: 12/15/2011
Posts: 1,698
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Originally posted by Golden
Bye. I'm clearly more educated than you, I cackled about 4 times reading this post.
America's education system is a flop, no lies there. Loads of American adults can't even point the UK on a map. Did I lie?
I've traveled to lots of places, outside of my own, including Florida. I loved it. My point and opinion about America still stand and I won't change my mind any time soon. In fact, you just even proved it more.
Your post just screams hypocrisy and your opinion is beyond repetitive.
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I'll repeat something I've said a few times now: Americans don't want to be involved with anyone else. It's a good and bad philosophy for sure, but the bottom line is that we'd love nothing more than to face the world alone—that is, if everyone else is also willing to leave us alone. That's not the case, however, and so we open up just enough.
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
Posts: 18,282
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People that are viewing America from an outside perspective have to take into account that America is by far not an ethnically homogeneous country. That makes all the difference in the world. Values, morals, principals, social and economic, and education differ greatly across the country. Some states are more similar to other countries than they are to each other.
This creates a conflicting view of ideology and morals. People in more urban are usually experienced to many different types of people. Thus, making them more accepting, understanding and open minded. People that live in more in rural areas where there is mostly just white, often are less liberally minded due to just lack of experience. Although in modern days with TV and internet, the country gets smaller and people can understand situations without actually experiencing it.
You can't judge the US on your standards. We are in a very different situation.
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Member Since: 8/17/2010
Posts: 3,155
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Originally posted by NE.
I mean? ffff;;;;; 
Most of ya'll trying to shade the US haven't even been outside of your flop countries. You read a couple news articles and hear our news take up 90% of your TV time, and suddenly you think you know American life. 
And the Americans in here saying they don't like the USA, oh ****ing please, you wouldn't last more than a year outside of this country trying to make a living anywhere else. Sit down and appreciate your country's opportunity.
And PLEASE cut the ******** with the education argument. I'm not trying to get points tonight with some of you deadbeat HS dropouts trying to come for America's education system. :kasjfdl |
As if America is the only country with "opportunity." 
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Member Since: 11/11/2011
Posts: 6,524
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Originally posted by NE.
I mean? ffff;;;;;
Most of ya'll trying to shade the US haven't even been outside of your flop countries. You read a couple news articles and hear our news take up 90% of your TV time, and suddenly you think you know American life.
And the Americans in here saying they don't like the USA, oh ****ing please, you wouldn't last more than a year outside of this country trying to make a living anywhere else. Sit down and appreciate your country's opportunity.
And PLEASE cut the ******** with the education argument. I'm not trying to get points tonight with some of you deadbeat HS dropouts trying to come for America's education system. :kasjfdl |
Everything about this.
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Member Since: 4/21/2012
Posts: 8,147
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Originally posted by TeamMinaj
Those pressed countries are just jealous of the flawless USA.  |
That's how I see it too.
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Member Since: 5/18/2012
Posts: 20,576
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Originally posted by Ramcoro
People that ate viewing America from an outside perspective have to take into account that America is by far not an ethnically homogeneous country. That makes all the difference in the world. Values, morals, principals, social and economic, and education differ greatly across the country. Some states are more similar to other countries than they are to each other.
This creates a conflicting view of ideology and morals. People in more urban are usually experienced to many different types of people. Thus, making them more accepting, understanding and open minded. People that live in more in rural areas where there is mostly just white, often are less liberally minded due to just lack of experience. Although in modern days with TV and internet, the country gets smaller and people can understand situations without actually experiencing it.
You can't judge the US on your standards. We are in a very different situation.
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I agree.
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Member Since: 12/15/2011
Posts: 1,698
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ramcoro
People that ate viewing America from an outside perspective have to take into account that America is by far not an ethnically homogeneous country. That makes all the difference in the world. Values, morals, principals, social and economic, and education differ greatly across the country. Some states are more similar to other countries than they are to each other.
This creates a conflicting view of ideology and morals. People in more urban are usually experienced to many different types of people. Thus, making them more accepting, understanding and open minded. People that live in more in rural areas where there is mostly just white, often are less liberally minded due to just lack of experience. Although in modern days with TV and internet, the country gets smaller and people can understand situations without actually experiencing it.
You can't judge the US on your standards. We are in a very different situation.
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Yes.
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Member Since: 2/15/2010
Posts: 26,154
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More and more posts by Americans themselves are just proving how isolated, arrogant, patriotic and ignorant some of you guys are. It's ridiculous, tbh.
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Member Since: 5/4/2012
Posts: 12,811
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Originally posted by ethan
I went to Mexico once on a cruise.
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ah, That explains it. you dont travel much, otherwise your posts would be a little less... lets go with uninformed.
See, people wo think like you is how wars are started and countries set embargos. Whether directly or not, What happens in the world affects you. Disrespectful actions like what that woman did to me is how sanctions and limits get set. You cant come into another country and disrespect its people. Especially when the relationship is symbiotic.
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Member Since: 5/7/2012
Posts: 41,067
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Quote:
Originally posted by Ramcoro
People that ate viewing America from an outside perspective have to take into account that America is by far not an ethnically homogeneous country. That makes all the difference in the world. Values, morals, principals, social and economic, and education differ greatly across the country. Some states are more similar to other countries than they are to each other.
This creates a conflicting view of ideology and morals. People in more urban are usually experienced to many different types of people. Thus, making them more accepting, understanding and open minded. People that live in more in rural areas where there is mostly just white, often are less liberally minded due to just lack of experience. Although in modern days with TV and internet, the country gets smaller and people can understand situations without actually experiencing it.
You can't judge the US on your standards. We are in a very different situation.
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!!! This is very important. Each state is different. Some issues are state issues so what is legal and what is not will be different depending on where you go in the country. If you try to compare, say, Vermont to Alabama it's not going to work because they're EXTREMELY different despite being in the same country. Different states different viewpoints. People need to stop judging America as a whole and realize how diverse the states are from one another. Where I live is very liberal but others are very conservative. I certainly wouldn't want to be judged based on them exclusively.
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Member Since: 10/7/2011
Posts: 20,627
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Being patriotic isn't a bad thing. At all.
What a laughable remark. 
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Member Since: 8/20/2011
Posts: 12,590
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Many feelings/ideas are generalization and sterotypes of the US. The country is so diverse it is hard to sum up.
To begin, everyone that lives in the US is an immagrant from another nation unless they are pure Native Americans. Since 95% of the population is not pure native, most peoples families are from some other country and moved to the US at some time.
Besides everyones family originally coming from another nation, the country is split based on different regions. In they US people talk differently in certain areas, they have different ideas on social issues and economic issues based on these regions. Depending on where a person grew up has a effect on their education and job. The school systems in the US are different based on where you live.
The country is so hard to sum up as a whole because of the diversity. It's hard to explain.
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Member Since: 5/4/2012
Posts: 12,811
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Originally posted by NE.
I mean? ffff;;;;;
Most of ya'll trying to shade the US haven't even been outside of your flop countries. You read a couple news articles and hear our news take up 90% of your TV time, and suddenly you think you know American life.
And the Americans in here saying they don't like the USA, oh ****ing please, you wouldn't last more than a year outside of this country trying to make a living anywhere else. Sit down and appreciate your country's opportunity.[
And PLEASE cut the ******** with the education argument. I'm not trying to get points tonight with some of you deadbeat HS dropouts trying to come for America's education system. :kasjfdl |
thousands leave every year lol
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Member Since: 5/18/2012
Posts: 20,576
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Originally posted by Big Smoke
ah, That explains it. you dont travel much, otherwise your posts would be a little less... lets go with uninformed.
See, people wo think like you is how wars are started and countries set embargos. Whether directly or not, What happens in the world affects you. Disrespectful actions like what that woman did to me is how sanctions and limits get set. You cant come into another country and disrespect its people. Especially when the relationship is symbiotic.
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I remember you said you're from Trinidad. Going by world views, aren't you people seen as sexiest, homophobic, and culturally backwards? However, I've been around a lot of Trinis and that's not the case, I took time to know about the Caribbean, and I know what the world see's is not what is true. The same way you should't see Americans as such until you come here and talk to us.
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Member Since: 12/15/2011
Posts: 1,698
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Originally posted by Big Smoke
thousands leave every year lol
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The US does have a net gain of immigrants, though.
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Member Since: 5/21/2009
Posts: 11,151
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Originally posted by Golden
Bye. I'm clearly more educated than you, I cackled about 4 times reading this post.
America's education system is a flop, no lies there. Loads of American adults can't even point the UK on a map. Did I lie?
I've traveled to lots of places, outside of my own, including Florida. I loved it. My point and opinion about America still stand and I won't change my mind any time soon. In fact, you just even proved it more.
Your post just screams hypocrisy and your opinion is beyond repetitive.
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Golden, sistren. It is TOO late in the night for me to read this post down.
All I'm going to say is, alot of these other countries you all are from have your own dirt. But because America is the center of attention, everyone wants to point fingers at act like their own **** don't stink. And yet still, when these flop countries need help, America is the first person they're crying to.
I'm proud as **** as to be an American. You will never find the opportunity to succeed as much as you will in the USA. You know this, and so does the rest of the world.
I don't need you to change your mind. If Americans are clueless about where the UK is on a map, we're obviously unbothered by their opinion. For all practical purposes, we don't need to know where the UK is on the map, because we're already in the #1 country. 
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Member Since: 5/18/2012
Posts: 20,576
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Originally posted by LP54
Many feelings/ideas are generalization and sterotypes of the US. The country is so diverse it is hard to sum up.
To begin, everyone that lives in the US is an immagrant from another nation unless they are pure Native Americans. Since 95% of the population is not pure native, most peoples families are from some other country and moved to the US at some time.
Besides everyones family originally coming from another nation, the country is split based on different regions. In they US people talk differently in certain areas, they have different ideas on social issues and economic issues based on these regions. Depending on where a person grew up has a effect on their education and job. The school systems in the US are different based on where you live.
The country is so hard to sum up as a whole because of the diversity. It's hard to explain.
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I agree. But the Native American thing has just been proven false, because there were people her before the Native American people that we commonly think of. But I agree with what you said.
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Member Since: 8/17/2010
Posts: 3,155
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Originally posted by Kats
Being patriotic isn't a bad thing. At all.
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I disagree. I think that patriotism is generally blind support of the country you live in, and blind support of anything is usually not the best. It leaves room for a lot of ignorance.
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Member Since: 5/28/2010
Posts: 29,225
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Originally posted by LP54
Many feelings/ideas are generalization and sterotypes of the US. The country is so diverse it is hard to sum up.
To begin, everyone that lives in the US is an immagrant from another nation unless they are pure Native Americans. Since 95% of the population is not pure native, most peoples families are from some other country and moved to the US at some time.
Besides everyones family originally coming from another nation, the country is split based on different regions. In they US people talk differently in certain areas, they have different ideas on social issues and economic issues based on these regions. Depending on where a person grew up has a effect on their education and job. The school systems in the US are different based on where you live.
The country is so hard to sum up as a whole because of the diversity. It's hard to explain.
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Exactly. I'm now inspired to go look at our 2010 census. lol
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Member Since: 11/7/2011
Posts: 2,338
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Originally posted by ethan
I went to Mexico once on a cruise.
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LOL. Get your ass out and widen your perspective. You will soon realise how America is in no way a microcosm of the world. As for your point on how knowing who the President of Canada will impact your life, it's called general knowledge. Without ANY knowledge of the world around you, it will be impossible for you to identify with and strike conversation with citizens outside of the United States.
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