Exactly my point. The idiots who think that the USA can only praised unconditionally in order to demonstrate "Love America" likewise think anyone who critiques at all is "Hate America First".old salt wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 7:21 pmAn unconditional positive statement about the USA cannot be allowed to stand without shade. [Hate America First]MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Mon May 11, 2020 10:36 amAnd this was my response, 6ft.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 1:14 pmsorry, what do you actually think "exceptionalism" means, 6ft?
Were we alone in that fight?
Of course, there is much to love about our country, its ideals, even its myths, and certainly much to honor in those who have sacrificed for generations on behalf of these ideals and their fellow citizens.
To say that America has demonstrated strength and resilience, at times in extraordinary ways, is certainly true. I think most of us, probably all of us on these threads, are thankful to be Americans.
Unfortunately, the chest thumping also has an ugly side.
And, it also has some real flaws in logic and historical perspective.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/10/11/th ... tionalism/
It was the 'deny American exceptionalism" crack that provoked the response, not the celebration of VE Day, which is very much celebrated by our allies as well.
Idiots demanding blind obeisance... antithetical to the values that indeed make America great.
I disagree that BHO was a center right POTUS. When push came to shove he was center left all the way. If BHO was center right he would have been able to negotiate with the right wing Republicans. Bill Clinton was able to do so. When push came to shove with BHO his bottom line was I have a pen and a phone if you don't agree with what I want. I'll do it on my own. That is not center right, that is my way or the highway. I will give you this BHO did a very good job pretending to be something he was not. I don't have a problem with that BHO is who he is, not who he pretends to be.