Even worseIs that American people's delusion of being a hated race, will surely last longer and appear more pronounced than the actual hatred it's self.
I don't hate America. My company helps contract Developments between US designers and Chinese developers every year. I've never known an area of religious or political contradiction to slow things down in the board room.
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I don't hate America. My company helps contract Developments between US designers and Chinese developers every year. I've never known an area of religious or political contradiction to slow things down in the board room.
It's not a delusion.Any regular visitor to B3ta would note the depth of hatred for the US that is regularly expressed on the board -- and this isn't a particularly rabid place as politics go.
Just look at this thread -- before I posted, the default assumption was that Americans were inbred, religious hicks who hated science. And you made the broad assumption that Iraq would be okay "as soon as the Yanks naffed off".
There is a lot of bigotry on B3ta, but since most people agree with it at some level, it isn't seen for what it is.
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Just look at this thread -- before I posted, the default assumption was that Americans were inbred, religious hicks who hated science. And you made the broad assumption that Iraq would be okay "as soon as the Yanks naffed off".
There is a lot of bigotry on B3ta, but since most people agree with it at some level, it isn't seen for what it is.
noyou misread that...
the statement was made by an American, that the current representitive leader of her country did not agree with a set of otherwise commonly accepted scientific theories.
You assumed the rest.
edit: seriously... b3tans make fun of blair on a daily basis. Does that mean that they think the UK is 100% twattyville? I think you're only reading what you want to believe here.
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Sun 27 Feb 2005, 6:38,
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the statement was made by an American, that the current representitive leader of her country did not agree with a set of otherwise commonly accepted scientific theories.
You assumed the rest.
edit: seriously... b3tans make fun of blair on a daily basis. Does that mean that they think the UK is 100% twattyville? I think you're only reading what you want to believe here.
No I didn't.Just look at the first post in the thread and the first few replies.
I think this (one ear and two mouths) might be one of the milder defects sported by the people who live in the vicinity of this sign.
(batteryoperatedlettuce, Sun 27 Feb, 4:50, Ignore, Reply)
it says "god bless america" everywhere
and churches/ religious places of worship are pretty common, and they all have signs like those thay say stupid things
('abandonnship- b.n.' sure does like a.b., Sun 27 Feb, 5:09, Ignore, Reply)
And this is a relatively mild thread. Yank-bashing on B3ta is much worse when more of the Poms are awake.
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Sun 27 Feb 2005, 6:44,
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I think this (one ear and two mouths) might be one of the milder defects sported by the people who live in the vicinity of this sign.
(batteryoperatedlettuce, Sun 27 Feb, 4:50, Ignore, Reply)
it says "god bless america" everywhere
and churches/ religious places of worship are pretty common, and they all have signs like those thay say stupid things
('abandonnship- b.n.' sure does like a.b., Sun 27 Feb, 5:09, Ignore, Reply)
And this is a relatively mild thread. Yank-bashing on B3ta is much worse when more of the Poms are awake.
You mean bush bashing?that's something else altogether. Admittedly it can get confusing when the word "America" is used in the place of "American Administration", but you have to read this in on context.
You don't see people treating the american members of b3ta any differently based on their country.
Also abandonnship is American, so her opinion isn't yank bashing (unless she's into self mutilation).
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You don't see people treating the american members of b3ta any differently based on their country.
Also abandonnship is American, so her opinion isn't yank bashing (unless she's into self mutilation).
No, I mean Yank-bashingwhich encompasses Bush-bashing, people-who-voted-for-Bush-bashing, and general prejudice against Americans for being obese, dumb rednecks etc etc etc.
Also, just being American doesn't mean one can't hate Americans. See Michael Moore, Ward Churchill and Ted Rall for examples of Yank-bashing Yanks.
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Also, just being American doesn't mean one can't hate Americans. See Michael Moore, Ward Churchill and Ted Rall for examples of Yank-bashing Yanks.
Michael Moorehmm... his target is definatley not the entire nation. He's a satarist, many of them pick a new target every time... and don't take sides.
He however has a few that he goes for, and he admits it:
- bush (and the current republican party)
- the NRA (despite being ironically a lifetime member)
- multinational corps
- to some extent the church, but this just seems to be when the church steps in on the side of any of the above
I don't know about the rest... but he wouldn't be supporting an american party so strongly if he "hated america".
That said, i'm off topic. Yes you can hate your own country... but read what she said, are you really implying that she was spitting "vile anti amercian propaganda"!?
Furthermore, the "people who voted for bush bashing" is just bush bashing. You put these people in front of a person who voted for bush and there won't be much hatred, probably a few arguments may arise over difference of opinon though.
And american's have got a stereotype? Get used to it! "when the the Poms get on the board" well there's theirs. The french... yes... WONDERFUL reputation. Etc...
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He however has a few that he goes for, and he admits it:
- bush (and the current republican party)
- the NRA (despite being ironically a lifetime member)
- multinational corps
- to some extent the church, but this just seems to be when the church steps in on the side of any of the above
I don't know about the rest... but he wouldn't be supporting an american party so strongly if he "hated america".
That said, i'm off topic. Yes you can hate your own country... but read what she said, are you really implying that she was spitting "vile anti amercian propaganda"!?
Furthermore, the "people who voted for bush bashing" is just bush bashing. You put these people in front of a person who voted for bush and there won't be much hatred, probably a few arguments may arise over difference of opinon though.
And american's have got a stereotype? Get used to it! "when the the Poms get on the board" well there's theirs. The french... yes... WONDERFUL reputation. Etc...