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Honestly, I am getting sick of people starting comments like yours with a negative sentence about the US. Don't let ridiculous stereotypes get in the way of int

by dcurtis 17y ago

Honestly, I am getting sick of people starting comments like yours with a negative sentence about the US. Don't let ridiculous stereotypes get in the way of intelligent discussion. I grew up in the US and I did all of those things you mention.

nkassis 17y ago
Agreed and I'm a Canadian who has lived in the US for a while. Every time I go up to see family I get 50 comments like this. And what Fox News reports isn't a representation of Americans as a whole opinion wise. 8 million viewers =/= 300+ million people.
phreanix 17y ago
It's also kinda hard to make other observations if you've never been to the US and all you've been fed is what the media has chosen to serve you. Not that I feel he was right to make that statement, but speaking as one with relatives in other countries, sometimes stereotypes are all they have to work with. I've stopped counting the number of times I've had to explain to them that not every block in L.A. looks like 'tha streets of compton!'.
david927 17y ago
It's not negative anymore than the article itself was negative, and that's because it's actually a problem. I grew up in the US, did all those things you mention, and yet I know that it's a big problem in the US. Thus the NYT article. Thus the debate. My sister says Halloween gets less and less popular every year. Fewer and fewer kids come around -- because of the problems of tainted candy. There is no tainted candy. There is no boogey man. America's suburb, move-often nation has made it a big collection of individuals who don't know and don't trust their neighbors. What's wrong with America that it's always looking over its shoulder? What's wrong with a culture that drives their kids to school two blocks away? It's a valid question and deserves less people getting "sick" about the asking of it and more dedicated to the discussing and solving of it.
fsniper 17y ago
I'm sorry to bother you. But this negativity caused because of you media, your state politics, your peoples reactions. It does not come from thin air.
timwiseman 17y ago
He is not being any more negative about the US than the article itself was, and yes as I child I did all those things in the US.

by dcurtis 17y ago

nkassis 17y ago

Agreed and I'm a Canadian who has lived in the US for a while. Every time I go up to see family I get 50 comments like this. And what Fox News reports isn't a representation of Americans as a whole opinion wise. 8 million viewers =/= 300+ million people.

phreanix 17y ago

It's also kinda hard to make other observations if you've never been to the US and all you've been fed is what the media has chosen to serve you. Not that I feel he was right to make that statement, but speaking as one with relatives in other countries, sometimes stereotypes are all they have to work with. I've stopped counting the number of times I've had to explain to them that not every block in L.A. looks like 'tha streets of compton!'.

david927 17y ago

It's not negative anymore than the article itself was negative, and that's because it's actually a problem. I grew up in the US, did all those things you mention, and yet I know that it's a big problem in the US. Thus the NYT article. Thus the debate. My sister says Halloween gets less and less popular every year. Fewer and fewer kids come around -- because of the problems of tainted candy. There is no tainted candy. There is no boogey man. America's suburb, move-often nation has made it a big collection of individuals who don't know and don't trust their neighbors. What's wrong with America that it's always looking over its shoulder? What's wrong with a culture that drives their kids to school two blocks away? It's a valid question and deserves less people getting "sick" about the asking of it and more dedicated to the discussing and solving of it.

fsniper 17y ago

I'm sorry to bother you. But this negativity caused because of you media, your state politics, your peoples reactions. It does not come from thin air.

timwiseman 17y ago

He is not being any more negative about the US than the article itself was, and yes as I child I did all those things in the US.