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#RIP Les Paul :(
He died at the age of 94... so old!
"So freedom is the point? Liberty. America's great and Belgium can eat our nuts. That's patriotism, right? /sarcasm" - Penn
I ♥ you, Penn & Teller. This was about an episode where someone was trying to say that the reason America was great is because it's ~free~ (as if every other country isn't free /s). I think what Penn was getting at is that other places are a lot more free than ours and I can't agree more. Everyone's so worried about political agenda and political correctness that it has come to the point where I don't think we're really necessarily 'free' anymore.
Also, they went around with a petition that said "America is #1 and the United Nations should recognize that" and "Her majestic landscape is more majestic than any other landscape, and the ideals and principles upon which she was founded are superior to all other ideals and principles." Also "amongst all nations in the world, America is clearly the best. Her people are better citizens than any other citizens." An number of people signed it. The ethnocentric-ism some people hold is really sickening. I don't think I ever really realized how... dumbly patriotic some people are? (Not even going into the lady who responded "Europe" to the question "What's the #2 country?")
However, they did say that a majority of people didn't sign and showed a bunch of clips of them showing why ("We're not number one in anything" and "I don't believe there's a superior country" for example). So there is still hope that the ones who signed were just a few (super-patriotic) idiots. I think that even a "few people" saying we're better is one too many, but I'm pleasantly surprised to hear that a majority of them weren't just talking out of their ass. Kind of proud, I guess. ♥
I'm not gonna lie, I'm proud to be from America and I doubt I could ever pretend like I was from Canada while abroad, even if it meant I'd have a slew of judging and misconceptions thrown at me. No matter where I go, even if I live most of my adult life elsewhere, I'm still going to feel like an American deep down. Nonetheless, I'm still glad I'll be out of here in a few years~
He died at the age of 94... so old!
"So freedom is the point? Liberty. America's great and Belgium can eat our nuts. That's patriotism, right? /sarcasm" - Penn
I ♥ you, Penn & Teller. This was about an episode where someone was trying to say that the reason America was great is because it's ~free~ (as if every other country isn't free /s). I think what Penn was getting at is that other places are a lot more free than ours and I can't agree more. Everyone's so worried about political agenda and political correctness that it has come to the point where I don't think we're really necessarily 'free' anymore.
Also, they went around with a petition that said "America is #1 and the United Nations should recognize that" and "Her majestic landscape is more majestic than any other landscape, and the ideals and principles upon which she was founded are superior to all other ideals and principles." Also "amongst all nations in the world, America is clearly the best. Her people are better citizens than any other citizens." An number of people signed it. The ethnocentric-ism some people hold is really sickening. I don't think I ever really realized how... dumbly patriotic some people are? (Not even going into the lady who responded "Europe" to the question "What's the #2 country?")
However, they did say that a majority of people didn't sign and showed a bunch of clips of them showing why ("We're not number one in anything" and "I don't believe there's a superior country" for example). So there is still hope that the ones who signed were just a few (super-patriotic) idiots. I think that even a "few people" saying we're better is one too many, but I'm pleasantly surprised to hear that a majority of them weren't just talking out of their ass. Kind of proud, I guess. ♥
I'm not gonna lie, I'm proud to be from America and I doubt I could ever pretend like I was from Canada while abroad, even if it meant I'd have a slew of judging and misconceptions thrown at me. No matter where I go, even if I live most of my adult life elsewhere, I'm still going to feel like an American deep down. Nonetheless, I'm still glad I'll be out of here in a few years~