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Originally Posted by DWB
Not really. I live outside the propaganda bubble and see things through different eyes. Viewing America while living in it vs viewing America while living out of it, are two totally different experiences. It just so happens there have been a lot of bad things happening as of late and there is a lot to talk about, none of it positive. Perhaps you're OK with how things are going there, but from where I sit, it isn't the America I was born and raised in, or proud of.
There is so much hate around the world for Americans right now that I usually tell people I'm from Canada, especially when I'm in Islamic regions of Asia. The Obama craze died off pretty quick and now people see him as just another war monger, which he is.
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i've voiced my frustration and embarrasment and more about the problems *we* are facing in threads you partipate in so i'm pretty sure you know that i am not ok with how things are going.
and it's laughable that you think that somehow you get the good news and just because i live here i don't and my view is sanitized. i'd be very surprised if anyone not trolling would say i come across as uninformed.
i stopped being proud for a nation years ago, just because i randomly happened to be born in-between some dashed lines on a map really doesn't account for much in the thick of things.
i travel as well, i don't get into the where are you from and what do you do for a living banter but when asked i have zero problems saying i am an american and i've not encountered any issues *admitting* that. not discounting your experiences, whatever works for you, just sharing mine as well.