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Discussion: Thoughts On: China
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Ch I'm from the US and even i think of fat people when it comes to the US
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Originally posted by AlphaOmega
What's the damage?
and please. ATRL comes for America daily, twice on Sunday.
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Originally posted by Mezter
Well, it's hard not to get somewhat offended when you're stereotyped for being gun loving and fat when that's not the case for everyone
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I get your points and I'm well aware that some people use stereotypes to criticize the United States and this is kinda lame, but there are better ways of speaking up for your country without sounding pretentious or xenophobic. Also, "land of freedom"? I'm not exactly sure.
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Originally posted by KatyLegendperry
How is USA a land of equality and freedom when gay marriage is only legal in 30 out of 50 states
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Because unlike most places in the world, we legalize gay marriage state by state, not as a whole. To put it in prospective, the population of US states that can get married combined is 143 million people. If put together, that would be the 9th/10th largest country in the world. Literally more gay people in the US could get married than in almost any other country in the world except Brazil
The country still has a long way to go to be 100% free when it comes to marriage equality (and many other things), but people highly underrate it.
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Originally posted by Stan
I dont know why but the first thing that came to my mind was McDonalds.
I wanna have some Mc now but it's 1am
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You see, this I don't mind . Yes, McDonald's may not be the best food out there, but I won't disagree with associating it (or burgers or hot dogs) with the U.S. It's as if we were talking about Italy and people said "pizza" or "pasta". They are iconic foods from these respective lands.
Now, I would be peevedoff if the discussion was about a Latin American country such as Mexico or Colombia and people immediately started throwing "machismo", "cocaine", or other ignorant stereotypes around.
Hope I made sense.
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Originally posted by Latinazza
Not my problem if you feel any shame in being American. I am honestly far from being the flag waving type or anything like that, but I get so tired of hearing people from other countries calling us fat, obsessed with guns, and other ugly things. It gets really old.
The funny thing is that you find the same things that have become stereotypical of the U.S. in virtually every other country. Obesity, nationalism, fundamentalism, a fascination with violence, prejudice, etc. are part of the social landscape in Europe (believe you me, I'm staying with my dad's family in Germany and I have seen some chunky bodies all over), Latin America, and elsewhere (can't say that I have seen all of them in Asia or Africa).
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I'm not American, though I may become an American in the next 12 months. I'm Irish, so I know better than most the contrast. It's huge in some areas: guns are a non-event in Europe next to here; it's small in others: we're all fattening nations.
Few tout their nations as the greatest or assume everyone is vying for the chance to come and live there. In Southern California at least that view isn't held too commonly, and I hope it isn't elsewhere around America. We're not better than any other country, but yeah, we've got the stereotypes because we are the worst for guns in the West, formerly were the worst for obesity (thanks Mexico!) and the stupidity image is thanks to a second level education that's horrifically poor in the public system.
It's not "shame" to not get a hard on for America. We're the best in the worst areas: military spending by a landslide and number of incarcerated citizens per capita. I love this country enough to want it to do better, not pretend it is by default for being so star-spangled awesome.
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Originally posted by Stan
I dont know why but the first thing that came to my mind was McDonalds.
I wanna have some Mc now but it's 1am
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McDonald's in America is 24 hours
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Originally posted by Rusty
I'm not American, though I may become an American in the next 12 months. I'm Irish, so I know better than most the contrast. It's huge in some areas: guns are a non-event in Europe next to here; it's small in others: we're all fattening nations.
Few tout their nations as the greatest or assume everyone is vying for the chance to come and live there. In Southern California at least that view isn't held too commonly, and I hope it isn't elsewhere around America. We're not better than any other country, but yeah, we've got the stereotypes because we are the worst for guns in the West, formerly were the worst for obesity (thanks Mexico!) and the stupidity image is thanks to a second level education that's horrifically poor in the public system.
It's not "shame" to not get a hard on for America. We're the best in the worst areas: military spending by a landslide and number of incarcerated citizens per capita. I love this country enough to want it to do better, not pretend it is by default for being so star-spangled awesome.
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this tho. there are too many negatives going on in the US for us all to just clap and ignore. it needs work. like msot countries and we shouldnt praise a country until its at its best. Japan is miles ahead of so many countries. now that country deserves a standing O
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Originally posted by BrooklynBoy
McDonald's in America is 24 hours
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ya but maybe he/she is too young too young to go out at 1AM plus im 18 but id never go out at 1 AM for a burger lol. id wait until the next day
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Originally posted by IBeMe
lmao slay! im not even going to deny that. im from Canada and ive lived in the US for some time and gal i did not want to come back home. so close to considering illegal immigration. LMAO jk but for real tho the US slays
although Canada slays in a ton of things the US is majorly late in
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I missed your reply, IBeMe. I agree completely with you on the last sentence. Until a true version of universal healthcare, educational reform, and marriage equality exist in the U.S. we are falling behind Canada, several European countries, and some Latin American/Asian nations.
I love my country, but I also have great love for the world out there. My seething over them foolish stereotypes (neither myself or anyone in my family is obese, owns a gun, or shoves bibles down anyone's throats) should not be mistaken for nationalism (and much less for xenophobia)
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Originally posted by Rusty
It's huge in some areas: guns are a non-event in Europe next to here; it's small in others: we're all fattening nations.
Few tout their nations as the greatest or assume everyone is vying for the chance to come and live there. In Southern California at least that view isn't held too commonly, and I hope it isn't elsewhere around America. We're not better than any other country, but yeah, we've got the stereotypes because we are the worst for guns in the West, formerly were the worst for obesity (thanks Mexico!) and the stupidity image is thanks to a second level education that's horrifically poor in the public system.
It's not "shame" to not get a hard on for America. We're the best in the worst areas: military spending by a landslide and number of incarcerated citizens per capita. I love this country enough to want it to do better, not pretend it is by default for being so star-spangled awesome.
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Now, this makes full sense and it is part of a healthy debate. I agree with many of your points, but I won't elaborate out of respect for IBeMe and his thread
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Originally posted by Latinazza
I missed your reply, IBeMe. I agree completely with you on the last sentence. Until a true version of universal healthcare, educational reform, and marriage equality exist in the U.S. we are falling behind Canada, several European countries, and some Latin American/Asian nations.
I love my country, but I also have great love for the world out there. My seething over them foolish stereotypes (neither myself or anyone in my family is obese, owns a gun, or shoves bibles down anyone's throats) should not be mistaken for nationalism (and much less for xenophobia)
Now, this makes full sense and it is part of a healthy debate. I agree with many of your points, but I won't elaborate out of respect for IBeMe and his thread
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Now this is something I can totally agree on. Ppl shouldn't mistake nationalism for something bad. It's good and healthy to take pride in the coubtry that you live in, were born in, plan to live in, immigrated to, have eaten from its crops ect.
Like you said the US does lack on vital things but when comparing it to today's world wide standards it's not so bad tbh. It's a gorgeous country (landscape wise) with some really good ppl.
Also Hollywood y'all , this why a thread like this even exists. Pop culture and the celebs we Stan on are almost all from the US or had to move to the US to get anywhere music wise. Haha
Anyways as long as the US has things it's behind on we shouldnt use it as a worldwide role model for sure but we cannot completly bash it tbh.
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These threads are so annoying. Atrl has a hate against the United States. It's going to be the same typical things. You can hate the US and everyone will agree with you and won't get warned. But once someone says something negative about another country everyone goes crazy and warning points are flying everywhere. Double standards huh.
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Freedom and beautiful people
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The first thing that pops to my mind when I think of brazil is big ,tans and FIFA tbh
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Beautiful people, Salvador de Bahia, samba, Bossa Nova, and caipirinhas.
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Soccer, Carnaval, caipirinhas, favelas, and corrupt government
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