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Why America is not the greatest country in the world

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Yeezy
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I love America, but it is a common misconception that we truly are the greatest nation. I for one am sick of redneck nationalists spewing their bullshit all over the place. Just thought it was a cool clip. +k for
Embed, im on mobile.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwUphZ37Ww

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ar6rider
Rednecks of ns
If you dont love murrrican you can git out
Faggot
Feb 4 2013 12:44AM
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Puns
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>still think islam is inherently bad
>lol whut is crusades and westboro baptist church
>extremism.. isn't the norm. bro.


Feb 4 2013 1:50PM
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Campeador
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Islam as a political ideology is bad, you are naive to say otherwise. Although not all muslims subscribe to political islam, it cannot be solely blamed on a few extremists, the rise of the MB in Egypt being a perfect example. Comparing hardline islamism with the westborough baptist church (with a whopping total membership of 50 people) is absolutely asinine. Last time I checked westborough loonies don't target and murder Jewish school children in cold blood. You are a multicultural idiot with zero frame of reference (crusades, really?).


Feb 4 2013 2:44PM
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El_Barto.
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We might root for different teams but i agree with everything else you post. i still hate your school though
Feb 4 2013 2:47PM
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Wallisch_pl
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that pussy changed his name
Feb 4 2013 2:49PM
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cbj
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Why do you hate him?
Feb 4 2013 2:50PM
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Campeador
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Would it blow your mind to know that I actually root for the Beavers except during the Civil War? Washington on the other hand...
Feb 4 2013 2:56PM
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El_Barto.
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another thing we agree on

huck the fuskies
Feb 4 2013 2:56PM
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.frenchy
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Hell yeah!
Feb 4 2013 3:08PM
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dhess
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Try living in the heart of the south like me. Its fucking awful. The other day a kid drove his truck to my high school with confederacy flags on it.
Feb 4 2013 3:18PM
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Yeezy
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That happens up here in spokane too
Feb 4 2013 4:10PM
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Blurst
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This used to happen at my highschool in Canada.
Feb 4 2013 4:32PM
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Puns
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Religion as a political ideology is bad, I agree with that. However when people generalize and call islam a violent religion, that doesn't carry much weight in my books. Sure people do violent things in the name of that religion but if we were going by that than christianity wins. You can look at most religions and find violence in their scriptures but that has little to do with the people who practice it. People need to look at the whole picture and realize that homophobia, sexism, racism, has a lot of roots in religions that we widely accept in the west and this influences violence in our public policy against these people.
I'm not saying that islam is peaceful, but then neither is christianity. I'm saying that basing politics off of any religion is bad, and that any religion can and has been practiced both peacefully and violently. America is a christian nation and that is just as much of a problem as an islamic nation could be, we are just more adapted to what christianity dictates. anyways.
Feb 4 2013 4:43PM
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brosephstalin
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I have this theory that people that use "multiculturalism" derogatorily are, without fail, white supremacists and/or neo-nazi's.

Feb 4 2013 8:59PM
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Puns
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that's pretty fair
Feb 4 2013 9:09PM
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513
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eh i would rather live in Canada than the mid-west
Feb 4 2013 9:17PM
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.frenchy
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Haha boo fucking hoo! That shit makes me moist. Every state has that BTW.
Feb 4 2013 9:36PM
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PJS.
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oh dear lord...


Not every state has that...you inbred fucking retard...




Feb 4 2013 9:38PM
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yosepe
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We're ten and one!
Feb 4 2013 9:42PM
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E-Nix
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The idea started off real well with America but even the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.
Feb 4 2013 9:43PM
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.frenchy
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What state do you live in lil guy?

And hahahahahah inbred?? Really...
Feb 4 2013 9:45PM
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Mr.Sloth
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I hate loving in the south, for this reason haha
Feb 4 2013 9:46PM
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accualyisdolan
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You act like that's not fair....
Feb 4 2013 9:48PM
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PJS.
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One that doesn't have confederate flags brought to high schools.

And sorry, couldn't resist.

Feb 4 2013 9:49PM
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.frenchy
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Well the guy earlier in the thread already said Washington... So yeah.. And I didn't mean bringing confederate flags to school, just in general. Are you even in HS..?
Feb 4 2013 9:55PM
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Wallisch_pl
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he's a total pussy/douche bag
Feb 4 2013 9:57PM
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DeRizzo
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Holy shit that was an amazing answer
Feb 4 2013 9:58PM
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Miomo
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Sealand!!!
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Fuck ALL of you!!
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Feb 4 2013 10:01PM
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Puns
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It fits the definition pretty tightly. People don't like taxes because they take away from things people have done to contribute to things they might not want to. The bottom text means that people are paid less than the amount of money they make for the company; a company can still make money and pay employees the value or what they contribute. Anything else is taking away from them money that they have earned through their work'; the exact thing people don't like abut taxes.
Feb 4 2013 10:01PM
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.AR6rider.
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Feb 4 2013 10:04PM
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El_Barto.
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The fact that this thread always comes up shows that we are the best. Bunch of self hating americans and jealous foreigners
Feb 4 2013 10:33PM
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Puns
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what, that doesn't mean that at all... it could just as easily mean that americans think they are better than they actually are...

it means it's in question, but that's obvious
Feb 4 2013 10:35PM
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Jblz
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yeah wrong i live in wa and a few years ago some guys drove their trucks with the flags on them to school. i think they got in trouble though
Feb 4 2013 10:39PM
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schism
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Important yes, most impressive? The Canadian Constitution says hello.
Feb 4 2013 11:05PM
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Stickity
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my friend is a lord of sealand
Feb 4 2013 11:07PM
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fujarome
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he actually paid the like $50 for the title?

me and a few of my friends almost did it but then realized how absolutely stupid it would be.
Feb 4 2013 11:14PM
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El_Barto.
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how many times do americans start threads sayin the US is the greatest and that other countries suck? It usually some butthurt foreigner who wants to try and make themselves feel better about their inferior country.

how many times has frenchy made a thread saying the US is better than other countries? Instead twats like you critisize him for defending the perception of his country.

we all know we americans dont give two fucks about anyone but ourselves. I dont care about people in europe or what they do or how they live. But somehow so many damn foreigners are so concerned with what goes on here. Seems like jealousy to me. Everyone hates Alabama football and their fans because they are jealous the team they root for sucks in comparison.
Feb 4 2013 11:23PM
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brosephstalin
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if you knew anything about history and current events you'd know that the reason that people don't like the US is because it can't keep its grubby hands off foreign countries
Feb 4 2013 11:31PM
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El_Barto.
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Welcome to the world of white people. Its just in our blood to enslave the brown folk.

and weve done a good job staying out of syria. We could have ended it 22 months ago but instead 10s of thousands of innocent people have been murdered by their own government.

The biggest kid on the playground gets the make the rules. Sorry scrubs

Feb 4 2013 11:40PM
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DaysToCome
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we may have some huge fucking problems in this country but trust me when I say that we live some of the most privileged lives in world. Our country is far from perfect and IMO there may be better places to live, by some measures; but no where is free from conflict or social injustice.
Feb 4 2013 11:47PM
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walrussteeze
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Right fucking here. Most european countries would have been fucked in WW2 if not for America and Russia. Canada? they are just England's bitches. MURICA' !
Feb 5 2013 12:08AM
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Stickity
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he got it as a birthday present and he can technically refer to himself as lord _____ of the principality of sealand for just about anything. i'm fairly certain he's getting it on his highschool diploma
Feb 5 2013 12:12AM
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jeR.
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America isn't the greatest country in the world. Canada is. Why? We enjoy all the same benefits/safety of being American, without any of the international responsibility, and without all the partisan idiocy. can't wait to move back.
Feb 5 2013 12:19AM
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Dobies.
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In my opinion, America is the greatest nation on earth. That being said, why do threads like these always appear? Why must non-Americans always have to hate on the US and compare things from their country to ours. Who fucking cares. If you love your country and think it is the greatest on the earth, good for you; that's the beauty of freedom. I just don't understand some people feel the necessity to always find aspects of America that aren't the greatest and compare them to their home nation. I kind of look at it as the bully in school who is insecure, so he picks on other people to make himself feel better. If you are truly happy with your country, why mock someone elses. This goes for all nations. FUCK.

just my $.02
Feb 5 2013 12:27AM
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Stickity
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this post could be made to fit literally every single thread that turns into a shitstorm
Feb 5 2013 12:29AM
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volvotom
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Expected a shitshow thread, this delivered. Although I was prepared for more Hitler references.
Feb 5 2013 1:30AM
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fadebrigade
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NS is full of bandwagoning spineless fucks.

Feb 5 2013 3:18AM
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cbj
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Mericuh
Feb 5 2013 4:13AM
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Pow.yuHdig*
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essentially all humans suck

europeans sucj the least on a traditional standpoint but they are all fairy ass homossp that doesnt even count

Canada is pretty cool

but one of those beautiful countries like in south america or somthing where u can ski and surf in the same day and there isnt some rich ass mother fucker making rules


Feb 5 2013 8:32AM
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corona
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It's per capita anyways, otherwise countries with 4 million people like New Zealand certainly wouldn't be on that list for anything at all. Unless New Zealand is entirely made up of teens pregnant with octuplets. Totally possible I guess.
Feb 5 2013 8:59AM
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.brian
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This graphic is so shitty and misleading. It selectively chooses things America is #1 in and only uses those. Plus its wrong about CO2 emissions (which is the only one I looked up) and could be wrong about more on there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions

Also its weird McDonald's restaurants on on there... Its an American company, obviously it has the most locations in America. You could literally choose a fast food place from any country and do that.

I don't really understand why this thread is necessary though. I wouldn't want to live any where else, but I don't think there can be a greatest country.
Feb 5 2013 9:07AM
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