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Originally Posted by DonQuigleone
I don't think we consider it the last bastion of hope and freedom. |
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Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant
I will only say this; the claim that America is "The last bastion of hope and freedom" might sound nice to Americans, but to everyone else, even allies like Australia, it is a grievous insult.
I know people don't mean it like that. But it sounds like a secular version of a demand for a non-religious crusade on the rest of the planet. Australians talk about Australia being the best as a matter of course; but we don't lay claim that every other nation are degenerate Sodom who are all North Koreas. And that's why it is offensive. It doesn't sound like patriotic speech, but more like "We will one day crush all inferior nations beneath us".
Just want to make that observation.
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And yet despite that, there are a great many immigrants both legal and not making their way into the U.S. for a shot at a better life!