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RE: The Stupidest Things Americans Believe
September 6, 2012 at 7:51 pm
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(September 6, 2012 at 2:59 pm)cratehorus Wrote: What other stupid things can you find that American's believe?
Good ol' American exceptionalism. What applies to others bounces off us and sticks to you. Nazis roll into Poland = naked aggression. We roll into Iraq = pre-emptive strike .. the best defense is a good offense.
Some think we are the emissaries of God himself, come to spread democracy everywhere but at home.
I'm not sure if the stupid goes as deep anywhere else as it does here.
(September 6, 2012 at 5:08 pm)pocaracas Wrote: Oh... notice the consistency in different "perspectives"
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![[Image: america.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.iranian.com%2FAnyway%2F2004%2FMarch%2FImages%2Famerica.jpg)
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These are great!
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RE: The Stupidest Things Americans Believe
September 6, 2012 at 9:09 pm
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Some more maps
![[Image: ronaldreaganworld.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i2.kym-cdn.com%2Fphotos%2Fimages%2Foriginal%2F000%2F087%2F703%2Fronaldreaganworld.jpg)
And this one Is for british conservatives
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PS they are both old
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RE: The Stupidest Things Americans Believe
September 6, 2012 at 11:53 pm
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lol, "West Indies and So On". "Singapore". The two standouts (to me).
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RE: The Stupidest Things Americans Believe
September 7, 2012 at 9:35 pm
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RE: The Stupidest Things Americans Believe
September 7, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Here's one I see they use a lot....calling Judaism a Bronze-age religion....even the Believers think this is the case.
They would get so much further in their attacks if they actually correctly identified the period in which it formed....Jews and Christians can't defend against it that well.
And another, they believe the GOP policies Obama has passed are socialist or that he is a Moslem.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
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RE: The Stupidest Things Americans Believe
September 7, 2012 at 11:25 pm
One of my favourites is the American insistence that they believe in free trade, when they clearly do not.
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RE: The Stupidest Things Americans Believe
September 8, 2012 at 1:44 am
I'm an American, but I don't believe any of that stuff.
One of the stupidest things that non-Americans believe is that all Americans are drooling fools... or so it seems.
I think most of the people I know are pretty ignorant. I hear stupid things come out of peoples' mouths on a daily basis, but the same people are hard workers, good at their jobs, friendly, funny, caring, and inspiring in some way. They might not know some simple facts, but it doesn't mean they aren't worthy of respect, or less fantastic than someone from another country.
Who gives a shit. America isn't the only country with ignorant, poorly educated people. Big fucking whoop.
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RE: The Stupidest Things Americans Believe
September 8, 2012 at 2:12 am
(September 6, 2012 at 11:53 pm)Rhythm Wrote: lol, "West Indies and So On". "Singapore". The two standouts (to me).
What slayed me were the three strips of 'Portugal'.
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RE: The Stupidest Things Americans Believe
September 8, 2012 at 3:33 am
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cato123 Wrote:What slayed me were the three strips of 'Portugal'. I was going to comment on those, but you beat me to it.
There's a famous quote from some game show: "I thought Europe was a country"
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RE: The Stupidest Things Americans Believe
September 8, 2012 at 5:26 am
(September 8, 2012 at 2:12 am)cato123 Wrote: (September 6, 2012 at 11:53 pm)Rhythm Wrote: lol, "West Indies and So On". "Singapore". The two standouts (to me).
What slayed me were the three strips of 'Portugal'.
Clearly, Portugal is made of bacon.
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