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When traveling in the US, I'm always amused at the reactions of disbelief, horror, aggression, and utter incredulity when I propose that their country isn't the
by aryehof 10y ago
When traveling in the US, I'm always amused at the reactions of disbelief, horror, aggression, and utter incredulity when I propose that their country isn't the greatest in the world.
After all, they likely hear or are told every day that they are not only "free" (unlike everywhere else?) but the "greatest".
- Hermel 10y agoReally? What kind of people are you talking to? Note that Bloomberg, the source of the above news, is American. Note that the reaction you get might not only stem from the message itself, but also from the way you deliver it. How do you react when a foreigner critizes your country out of the blue? Imagine someone saying to you: "Your people regularily mistreat immigrants, did you know that?" How do you react?
- majewsky 10y ago> Imagine someone saying to you: "Your people regularily mistreat immigrants, did you know that?" How do you react? "I know, right?"