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[Deep Thirteen]

[xingyiman]

[Aelric]

Tea Parties
Keith Olbermann
Glenn Beck
All extremist media on either side of the fence
Republicans
Democrats
Libertarians and their stupid, stupid ideas.
Anti-vacc crowd
Growing ignorance

Now, things I Like about America because I bitch too much about the things I don't like when I'm actually there:

Gay marriage growing acceptance in numerous states
Beautiful women of all nations in the same place
Cheese, Dairy products, all at reasonable prices and high quality! OH MY GOD, I miss real cheddar
Large expanses of forest
Burning Man (Yeah, I'm a hippie, wanna fight about it? Is there a point to that?)

Gee, all my good things are kinda shallow, except the gay marriage. Maybe I don't like much about America. Oh, right, it's Canada I like better due to the actual shame I feel about my country since learning about it's history from start to present. I forget that sometimes.

[xingyiman]

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[xingyiman]

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[oskinny1]

[xingyiman]

[Steelrails]

1. My way or the highway political culture- Stuff like smoking bans, abortion (which I'm strongly against, but come on settle that state by state), gun laws (don't ban, but no one needs a fully automatic rifle/submachine gun), etc.

People who will only eat pizza and hamburgers and never any vegetables. People who only eat sun-dried tomato balsamic vinaigrette sea salt.

Everyone has to be independent and unique.

The national attention span is all of 2 seconds.

Sorry but America could use a little less of the critical and a little more of the thinking in critical thinking.

No-Go zones. The lack of safety late at night.

The level of ignorance concerning History, Literature, and Geography. When playing categories in "Ring of Fire/King's Cup" you have to dumb it down so much- Beer Brands and Car Brands.

Bumper Stickers.

A school curriculum that thinks teaching 'Heather has Two Mommies' is more important than 2+2=4 and History. No one can celebrate Halloween, Valentine's Day or Christmas anymore in the schools.

As another poster said- People believing that a bad attitude is the key to success. The media does not help in this.

People who freak-out someone says something that doesn't follow the left-wing line on abortion, stem-cells, evolution, or gay marriage. I personally lean libertarian on these, but people on the left are so nasty about these things. People on the right can be obnoxious, but they are seldom nasty.

Chain restaurants- The Olive Garden, Applebee's, Outback, Red Lobster, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa John's, KFC, and Macaroni Grille are just atrocious food.

Having every sporting even dissolve into some moment where a mentally challenged/handicapped person get some medal for walking/rolling up to the free-throw line and making a basket after 10 tries.

Having everyone be so crass and cynical that they can't appreciate the above for the beautiful moment it is. Stupid dichotomies.

People having a real disdain for rural people. The constant ripping on 'rednecks'. Sorry, but most of those people are smarter than you. If you actually had to grow your own food or fix your own heater you'd suddenly feel how dumb you are.

People constantly living their lives in anger at some slight of their parents- They refuse to wear suits or ties because mom made them wear one to grandma's funeral. They refuse to bathe because mom made them bathe. They refuse too eat vegetables or guzzle a gallon of pop because mom made them eat healthy. They have irrational hatred of religion because they were dragged to church. They have refuse to discipline children because they were spanked once and it was worse than the Holocaust.

The Don't Tread on Me Culture. If someone feels slightly dissed its reason enough to kill someone.

[xingyiman]

Dang Steelrails, with that one post I say you've vaulted yourself to the top few people on this forum with any common sense in my book. Good observations. I second them all.

[oskinny1]

[Aelric]

[Old Gil]

[Steelrails]