Edwynn
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There is a difference in calling someone out for being a wife beater, with or without the boasting, and calling the entire neighbor hood wife beaters because of this same person.
In this case the whole neighborhood, keeping to the analogy here, even if having some few wife beaters and possibly even some more few professing pride in it, in fact is not going around and bragging about it to the world, all claims of such from another neighborhood notwithstanding.
How people elsewhere can come to this or any other US based political board and witness the sharp divisions amoungst large groups of people and then almost immediately spout things such as "America this ... or A. that," "You Americans think that ... , " "Why do Americans always ...?", etc. shows something beyond mere ignorance or lack of perception, I think.
Ignorance I'm used to. We have plenty of it here, though it be not as typical or pervasive as would suit others' perception, so the ignorance alone doesn't trouble me so much. My inclination sometimes is to say "we're doing well enough on our own here, we don't need to import any, thanks!" But being against import tariffs and quotas and such, I'd never go as to actively prohibit it nor even outwardly proclaim that it is unwanted.
The outright malice and the pot shots are another matter, however much flimsily disguised as 'concern' for other parts of the world, etc., essentially all of which assumes malicious intent and and ignorance across the board of 'Americans.' The word "projection" comes to mind in these instances.
If you want to discuss something with others then by all means do so.
If you throw rocks at people expect that some few may be headed your way soon after.
< Message edited by Edwynn -- 3/30/2011 7:20:48 AM >
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