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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:09 PM Original message |
Do you think, in general, Americans feel we are morally superior? |
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Denninmi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, if they do ... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes. K/R nt |
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arcane1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Absolutely. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Well put. lol |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. We are taught to think so from day one. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Definition |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. We can do no wrong. We are the chosen ones don't you know. |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Repugs and teabaggers are the chosen ones |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's a human condition which has manifested itself throughout history |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It doesn't help that Americans have no working class identity |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. I agree |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yes. But it's the "moral superiority" of a 9 year-old. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. +1 nt |
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the other one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Also smarter and better looking! |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. Only the morally inferior ones do. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. Of course. We've been told we're the 'shining city on the hill' and had that American |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. I think the washington establishment thinks it is |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Many (or most) do, in my opinion... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. I would counter that the "world policeman" is a ruse crafted to cover for our... |
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dameocrat67 (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. also if kaddafi hadnt nationalized the oil so ordinary people profited rather than |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. +1 |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. American Exceptionalism, the right wing talking point that |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. I enjoy this |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. You nailed it. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. We have a long history of doing the right thing . . . |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Depends On Whether You Ask Left- Or Right-Wingers |
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teddy51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. Lets be honest, some Americans, not all! n/t |
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dtexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. The impetus doesn't come from a feeling of moral superiority: |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yes, but it has nothing to do with being the world's policeman. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. At this point it's inertia |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. very interesting |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. Not I but people who have never travelled outside the country seem to think that |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. Nor morally superior, simply stronger... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. You mean as a projection? This citizenry is so weak it can't even get national healthcare |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yup |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. I saw a video of U.S Marines in Iraq |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't think it is just America |
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shinyhead (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. Silly question, obvious answer |
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