Replying to Posts insulting America

Here's something I'd like to make very clear to everyone who makes posts critical of the United States. As an American, I'm very proud of my country, and I always want it to do the right thing. To that end, I disagree with many, many things my country does. I think you'll find that many Americans (actually, probably about half of us), do the same.

Therefore, if you're going to insult my country, please attack or insult the people responsible, not ME as an American, because chances are I'll agree with you. But if you're going to make a point and then say, 'Man, America sucks' or 'Great country you got there, aye?' then I'm going to take it personally. I'm doing my best to help my nation find its way, as are many people I know, and to randomly insult us all for the way the country is now accomplishes nothing.


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