Comments on: New Motto for the United States: "Our Worst Critics Prefer to Stay" http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:03:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: CheeseDuck http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-514191 CheeseDuck Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:26:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-514191 But seriously..? People who say that America sucks are usually spoiled, pieces of sh*t that have never been to another country and don't care about other countries. But seriously..? People who say that America sucks are usually spoiled, pieces of sh*t that have never been to another country and don't care about other countries.

]]> By: Fran http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-513646 Fran Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:11:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-513646 This is the best country in the world and it irritates me no end when people piss and moan about how horrible it is. To nygenxer: If I had the money, I'd send every one of you America-hating libs somewhere else. I'd even help you pack!!! But I have to agree with the other posters that you do sound lazy and whiny with a "gimme" attitude instead of finding a way out yourself. This is the best country in the world and it irritates me no end when people piss and moan about how horrible it is. To nygenxer: If I had the money, I'd send every one of you America-hating libs somewhere else. I'd even help you pack!!! But I have to agree with the other posters that you do sound lazy and whiny with a "gimme" attitude instead of finding a way out yourself.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-513539 ted Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:41:24 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-513539 Yeah, why does someone need $100k to go anywhere? Sneak into Mexico. You could open up a world of travel possibilities into Central and South America. You do sound whiny and lazy, though. Yeah, why does someone need $100k to go anywhere?
Sneak into Mexico. You could open up a world of travel possibilities into Central and South America.

You do sound whiny and lazy, though.

]]> By: anathema http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-513238 anathema Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:18:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-513238 Nygenxer, my family came over from Mexico with little more than the clothes on their backs. You don't need a fortune to relocate. Nygenxer, my family came over from Mexico with little more than the clothes on their backs. You don't need a fortune to relocate.

]]> By: nygenxer http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-513151 nygenxer Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:29:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-513151 Were your hard-working ancestors who immigrated here lazy? Emigrating is about as lazy as putting oneself through college (like I did). "Proud American" who shows us all what it means to be lazy by reading into what I wrote instead of what I actually wrote. Show me where I am "pissing and moaning." "Proud American" assumes that I'm a socialist and then lazily stereotypes all socialists as "stupid" - stupid people like Albert Einstein who wrote an essay entitled "Why Socialism?" If "Proud American" wasn't so busy showing off his laziness, he could've saved himself some embarrassment and done a web search. (Even George Dumbya Bush knows how to "use the google.") Being lazy like “Proud American” is easy because it doesn't disturb his world view by having to research or think or keep an open mind or to ask questions. Those things are hard and make his head hurt. It's easier and lazier to throw out a few insults and cliches than to open a dialogue. Cut a check or STFU. Were your hard-working ancestors who immigrated here lazy? Emigrating is about as lazy as putting oneself through college (like I did).

"Proud American" who shows us all what it means to be lazy by reading into what I wrote instead of what I actually wrote. Show me where I am "pissing and moaning."

"Proud American" assumes that I'm a socialist and then lazily stereotypes all socialists as "stupid" - stupid people like Albert Einstein who wrote an essay entitled "Why Socialism?"

If "Proud American" wasn't so busy showing off his laziness, he could've saved himself some embarrassment and done a web search. (Even George Dumbya Bush knows how to "use the google.")

Being lazy like “Proud American” is easy because it doesn't disturb his world view by having to research or think or keep an open mind or to ask questions. Those things are hard and make his head hurt. It's easier and lazier to throw out a few insults and cliches than to open a dialogue.

Cut a check or STFU.

]]> By: Proud American http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-513017 Proud American Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:13:48 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-513017 Way to go, nygenxer; as if some of the misconceptions about American people aren't bad enough, and you go and reinforce that we're lazy. If you're so dead set on getting out, use some of that supposed gen-x ingenuity and figure out a way to get your lazy arse across the ocean, or maybe just a couple hundred miles north to Canada. But no, you sit here pissing & moaning and wait for someone to hand it to you on a silver platter. Stupid socialist. Way to go, nygenxer; as if some of the misconceptions about American people aren't bad enough, and you go and reinforce that we're lazy. If you're so dead set on getting out, use some of that supposed gen-x ingenuity and figure out a way to get your lazy arse across the ocean, or maybe just a couple hundred miles north to Canada. But no, you sit here pissing & moaning and wait for someone to hand it to you on a silver platter.

Stupid socialist.

]]> By: Lea http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-513013 Lea Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:09:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-513013 It seems apt to me. My neighbor who is French complains and complains about America but continues to live here. It pisses my dad off to no end. It seems apt to me.

My neighbor who is French complains and complains about America but continues to live here. It pisses my dad off to no end.

]]> By: nygenxer http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-513008 nygenxer Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:55:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-513008 I've got my passport and I'd leave right now if I had the money. Any weathy right-wing sponsors willing to pony up $100K (dollars accepted, euros preferred) to get rid of a ny liberal? Thanks. I've got my passport and I'd leave right now if I had the money.

Any weathy right-wing sponsors willing to pony up $100K (dollars accepted, euros preferred) to get rid of a ny liberal?

Thanks.

]]> By: shecky http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-512942 shecky Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:56:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-512942 That's a fantastic motto concisely highlighting what the American experiment has gotten right. That's a fantastic motto concisely highlighting what the American experiment has gotten right.

]]> By: Geekazoid http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-512940 Geekazoid Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:54:47 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-512940 I'm not ashamed of my country, I'm ashamed of who's been "leading" it, or should I say, MIS leading it. That is all. I'm not ashamed of my country, I'm ashamed of who's been "leading" it, or should I say, MIS leading it. That is all.

]]> By: Sofar http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-512931 Sofar Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:46:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-512931 I think it speaks of our enormous self-esteem problems. Half our population seems to hate it here, and yet they remain. Seattle is one of the least patriotic cities I've ever been to, and we don't have a lot of civic pride neither. It bothers me that I have to defend my country in a conversation with /another inhabitant of my country./ Not only that, but people expect me to join in on their gratuitous America-bashing, just because I'm a gay liberal limey doesn't mean I don't love my adopted homeland. I think it speaks of our enormous self-esteem problems. Half our population seems to hate it here, and yet they remain. Seattle is one of the least patriotic cities I've ever been to, and we don't have a lot of civic pride neither. It bothers me that I have to defend my country in a conversation with /another inhabitant of my country./ Not only that, but people expect me to join in on their gratuitous America-bashing, just because I'm a gay liberal limey doesn't mean I don't love my adopted homeland.

]]> By: bean http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-512911 bean Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:24:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-512911 Tomas- If that is your impression of how things are in the US, you have gotten a load of wrong information. As an American who has done quite a bit of traveling abroad, I prefer it here because the government, even in times like this, is far less intrusive and totalitarian than some countries in Western Europe. And for anyone who would complain about American corruption, I would point them towards two of the most corrupt governments in the last hundred years: Mexico and Nigeria. Tomas-
If that is your impression of how things are in the US, you have gotten a load of wrong information. As an American who has done quite a bit of traveling abroad, I prefer it here because the government, even in times like this, is far less intrusive and totalitarian than some countries in Western Europe. And for anyone who would complain about American corruption, I would point them towards two of the most corrupt governments in the last hundred years: Mexico and Nigeria.

]]> By: Tomas http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-512901 Tomas Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:07:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-512901 Yes, well, I'd like to twist that a bit: I am also a critic of America (though by far not the worst one) and I also prefer to stay... outside the us. I am not American and, at least currently, will avoid entering the country. I'd be treated like a criminal on entry and inside it is not much better (compare a cop stopping you in your car in the USA to, say, Scandinavia to see what I mean). Yes, well, I'd like to twist that a bit: I am also a critic of America (though by far not the worst one) and I also prefer to stay... outside the us. I am not American and, at least currently, will avoid entering the country. I'd be treated like a criminal on entry and inside it is not much better (compare a cop stopping you in your car in the USA to, say, Scandinavia to see what I mean).

]]> By: CheeseDuck http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/comment-page-1/#comment-512825 CheeseDuck Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:02:37 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/14/new-motto-for-the-united-states-our-worst-critics-prefer-to-stay/#comment-512825 Psh. AMERICA SUCKS! ;) Psh. AMERICA SUCKS! ;)

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