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Originally posted by Colin
1. MYTH. Americans are stupid.
FACT. PEOPLE are stupid. Anyone that is different than me is stupid. Anyone that disagrees with me is stupid. Bush is stupid. Clinton was stupid. Saddam is stupid. Chiraq is stupid. Everyone is stupid, especially people that are different than you.
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There is an element on this board that in which the above holds true, but by and large in my experience your contention is simply not true. Unfortunately, the people that are like that are very VOCAL. We forget the silent majority, who are kind, openminded, benevolent. Unfortunately, extremists on the left and the right like to make a lot of noise, and believe that everyone that has a different oppinion from there own is STUPID.
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2. MYTH. Americans are really religious.
FACT. Americans aren't religious at all. We may be liars but we're not religious. I don't know a single person that has been to church in 20 years and I live in the South. The only Americans I have met that claim to believe in a god only say that to keep their parents happy. Census results? Lies. We're a Godless people. Trust me. People here don't pray anymore and we think "The Commandments" were a group of black guys that played music in the 70's. The only thing worshipped on Sundays in America is the NFL. You want religion? How about 40 million people celebrating touchdowns every Sunday (Except Bengals fans).
People in America think that the pope is a funny little man with a queer little hat.
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I'd agree for the most part.
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3. MYTH. Americans are brainwashed by CNN.
FACT. We Americans are brainwashed by FOX now, not CNN. Americans stopped watching CNN in large numbers years ago. The only people that watch CNN anymore are people in Europe and a few other places. If you watch CNN and think you are getting American news, you are wrong. You're only getting the news CNN WANTS you to see. In fact, they're brainwashing YOU!
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I presume you're saying that Americans are brainwashed because you believe we ascribe to a worldview that is diametrically opposed to the rest of world, particularly Europe. Granted, we live in strange times, but American opinions are not as different as you'd think.
1) A minority believe the U.S. should ascribe to a unilateral foreign policy. 61% support a multilateral approach to foreign policy., 65% believe the U.S. should support invading Iraq only with U.N. backing.
2) 75% of Americans consider global warming a "serious problem" and a clear majority supported ratifying the Kyoto Protocol.
3) 71% of Americans support ratification of the International Criminal Court
4) 81% support U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
5) On genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the majority believe it makes food more poisonous and 86% believe the govt should require labeling which is the EU's policy.
So if you're going to say Americans are brainwashed, then you'd have to say the Europeans are brainwashed too.
And, you know what, I might agree with that.