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Are we an arrogant country?

Are we an Arrogant country?


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Well, I think the majority of Americans are of the worst combination: arrogance and ignorance.
 
Certainly we are arrogant but so are many many others. I have lived overseas now for close to 25 years and in every country I become a resident in the locals always gives me their two cents on every topic under the sun. The only difference is that in the world as it is today, non-Americans always grade the bar that America sets on every single topic. If the American status quo is too far off the mark from their own, Americans get the quick "arrogant" label for whatever the case or issue may be.
 
Obama on his US World Apology tour, recently stated that we are an arrogant country.

Questions:

Are we?

Hell Yeeeeeaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When you ARE number 1 you're obligated to talk **** and live it up like you ARE #1!!!!

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!!!U S A! USA! U S A!!!
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Our pres is doing a great job brown nosing the world while perpetuating the same foundations of Bush's, Clintons' and previous presidents foreign policy; same book, different cover. But just ignore that and let us mesmerize you with his pretty speeches and charming mantras. Its worked so far! "Change" "Hope" "Peace"
 
My lecture continues:

Now, some who have quoted my previous post have tried to defend their own posts by saying that the President's saying of his remarks are unpatriotic.

People who automatically label anything that our representatives say about the U.S. in a negative tone are amplifying the situation greatly. Take the context of President Obama's speech in Europe, he criticized the fact that many Americans are arrogant AND the fact that Europeans are arrogant in a similar sense when it comes to their view of the U.S.

It shows our weakness and our ignorance when we defend outright our "belief" that we are not arrogant. This seems very proud of us, proud in a negative way of course. Failure to admit mistakes and such makes us more headstrong.

If I said the same thing would these same people think me to be unpatriotic? Obviously, because they don't like to admit wrongs. Now be careful, don't misunderstand me here. I don't mean to say that we are wrong all the time and we are arrogant all the time, but arrogance exists on large-scale in our nation, too much arrogance.

Personally I believe that when looked at through a wide scope, the country IS the best country to live in. I am a true patriot because there is no country I support more than the U.S. I would put the U.S. first before any other country. However if you cannot admit that you are wrong about something or your naive and/or headstrong, what is the purpose of being supportive of that thing?
 
Politics.

Unfortunately you'll never escape it.

Take, for instance, Hurricane Katrina. If you asked most people, they'd tell you the government's response was a disaster. The truth is that the the rescue of civilians in New Orleans was one of the greatest civilian rescue operations in human history. Ever. Unfortunately, politics came into play almost immediately. And what should have been a positive story of human courage and empathy quickly turned ugly... a battle of finger pointing and blame that served partisan goals.

:roll:
So much of the reporting was just wrong. In the end the people of New Orleans figured out that we had a completely dysfunctional state that needed fixing.

Thanks for your post. :cool:
 
It's always amazing how people twist quotes. "Obama calls America arrogant to European Elites!"

The actual quote:

“Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive. But in Europe, there is an anti-Americanism that is at once casual, but can also be insidious. Instead of recognising the good that America so often does in the world, there have been times where Europeans choose to blame America for much of what is bad."

Well that's pretty accurate and appropriate.
 
It's always amazing how people twist quotes. "Obama calls America arrogant to European Elites!"

The actual quote:

“Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive. But in Europe, there is an anti-Americanism that is at once casual, but can also be insidious. Instead of recognising the good that America so often does in the world, there have been times where Europeans choose to blame America for much of what is bad."

Well that's pretty accurate and appropriate.

Thank you, that's what I was trying to say, but people still continue to watch Fox News.
 
Politics.

Unfortunately you'll never escape it.

Take, for instance, Hurricane Katrina. If you asked most people, they'd tell you the government's response was a disaster. The truth is that the the rescue of civilians in New Orleans was one of the greatest civilian rescue operations in human history. Ever. Unfortunately, politics came into play almost immediately. And what should have been a positive story of human courage and empathy quickly turned ugly... a battle of finger pointing and blame that served partisan goals.

:roll:

Even though I already thanked you I have to say that this post is spot on when it comes to how the hurricane katrina rescue is viewed by people with partisan beliefs.
 
Obama on his US World Apology tour, recently stated that we are an arrogant country.

Questions:

Are we?

What do you think of Obama's statements?
Gee duuuhh, I'd have never guessed who would be part of the Hate America Club.
 
My lecture continues:

Now, some who have quoted my previous post have tried to defend their own posts by saying that the President's saying of his remarks are unpatriotic.

People who automatically label anything that our representatives say about the U.S. in a negative tone are amplifying the situation greatly.

It is anti-American to badmouth your own country especially if it done on foreign soil. No where in the history of the world is calling someone arrogant a compliment. As president on the USA he is supposed to pretend to at least be patriotic not toss the salad of people who don't like us.
 
It is anti-American to badmouth your own country especially if it done on foreign soil.

Well, that just shows how narrow-minded you are! :)


No where in the history of the world is calling someone arrogant a compliment.

Ok. Thanks for the info.


As president on the USA he is supposed to pretend to at least be patriotic not toss the salad of people who don't like us.

This is just what I was talking about. I was JUST talking about how arrogant Americans can be when they talk about arrogance.

Can you not listen to yourself? What you posted is like saying "admitting a mistake is evil." I suppose people like you will never change.

I'm not saying the President should go around saying that everytime. I'm just glad he did it once and for all. If it is said multiple times, then yes, it's a big problem, but that's not the case.

Also I'm not saying that all our Presidents should have said it either. Its been a long time coming.

You probably have your amplifier turned all the way up.
 
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Obama on his US World Apology tour, recently stated that we are an arrogant country.

Questions:

Are we?

What do you think of Obama's statements?

The full quote was:
"There have been times where Americans have shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive; but in Europe there is an anti-Americanism that is at once casual but can also be insidious."

He was speaking to the evils of arrogance worldwide... and he didn't say America is an arrogant nation, he said that Americans at times have shown arrogance. Big difference.

Nice :spin: though.
 
First of all, every country is arrogant. If you ask any fan of a particular sports team, they will tell you about how their team is the best (except for maybe a Los Angeles Clippers fan or something :cool:). Also, the person who talked about athletes acting with a certain arrogance is right on. Michael Jordan wouldn't have been MJ without being a little arrogant, but he could back it up. That's the real difference. Bill Wennington (or some bum like that) can't be arrogant because he sucked and couldn't back anything up. Right now on the world stage, we happen to be Michael Jordan. But we are also following a historical precedent set by arrogant European nations, as I will elaborate on below.

On a more logical note, I think that in the past our government has done some pretty negative things, like overthrowing democratically elected governments in the Middle East and Latin America and expoliting other countries for our own benefit. I wouldn't necessarily call it arrogance, I would probably call it just bad. But every country acts in its own self interest, most often at the expense of weaker countries. Europe acts as if it is somehow the shining beacon of foreign policy and human rights perfection. That's a bunch of bull****. When Spain was the most powerful country in the world, it had a huge overseas empire and exploited other weaker countries for their benefit. France did the same thing. Britain certainly did the same thing. Historically speaking, every country has acted in its own self-interest at the expense of others. It doesn't make it right, but the Europeans are basically pots calling the kettle black. I agree with a previous post that we should bring the troops home and cut off all foreign aid. Maybe then we wouldn't be meddling in European affairs so much. After all, we "meddled" in World War II, how arrogant we were in stopping Nazi Germany from taking over Europe!! We're no more arrogant than any other country in the world, and Obama and the Europeans are kidding themselves if they think differently.
 
It's funny that the collectivist in thief would be so arrogant as to speak for the beliefs of an entire nation and then have the nerve to issue an apology for people like myself who feel that none are forthcoming. It is also a matter of perspective, I don't think telling Europe to "shove it" is arrogant when they mind our business in the matters of who we elect, how we govern our internal affairs, what we allow/disallow(firearms), our culture, and system of economics, on the contrary, it is rude and arrogant for Europe to comment on such matters. Perhaps we have been arrogant in giving aid and comfort to the suffering in this world, such as bailing out the U.N. during it's multiple failures, disaster and famine relief, etc. maybe we should stop being arrogant in those matters as others have suggested and let people see what a humble U.S means to them.
 
Well, that just shows how narrow-minded you are! :)

Surely you are being sarcastic

This is just what I was talking about. I was JUST talking about how arrogant Americans can be when they talk about arrogance.

Can you not listen to yourself? What you posted is like saying "admitting a mistake is evil." I suppose people like you will never change.
The last time I checked Obama represents the American people,he has no businesses saying anything bad about the people he represents.
There is a line a president is supposed to walk.Bad mouthing the country and the people he represents crosses that line. He may not be patriotic but he is supposed to least give the appearance of it considering he is the representative of the people of the USA and this is the same office Washington,Lincoln and many other great founding forefathers served. Seeing how you are a lib you see patriotism/nationalism as a bad thing. In a democratic society politicians and appointed officials are the people's bitches.
 
The last time I checked Obama represents the American people,he has no businesses saying anything bad about the people he represents.

So I guess you would think Bush 41 should not have said this:

"I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."

After all atheists are citizens too.;)
 
So I guess you would think Bush 41 should not have said this:

"I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."

After all atheists are citizens too.;)

Oh no Bush said i,t so now I guess I have to change my mind on the subject.sarcasm
 
We're a very confident people, as we should be.

Obama can go **** himself, he's an arrogant punk.
 
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