The haters took over Chinada well over a decade ago and the entire country is now a cess pool of hate, out of control open borders and immigration, crime, drugs, gangs and an economy teetering on a full face plant.
Perhaps Michael Moore and his posse of America Haters would like me to set up a GOFUNDME Express to CHINADA!
Michael Moore is a world-class moron. He originated the campaign against "fat-shaming" and is proud of his obesity. Moore is also an originalist for Hating America. So it is actually unsurprising that he is embracing Iran, which is no longer Persia because the religious zealots conquered secular Persia and replaced that country and all its accomplishments with a religio-fascist terrorist state. Iran is actually a very good warning for the West what can happen when a successful older culture allows itself to be captured by theocrats. Islam is taking over the West. We have been warned.
Every moment of that ongoing debacle was sickening! It is things like that that make me want to believe EVERYTHING in the media is a lie. Also,makes me wonder if there really ARE reptilian shape shifters or”people “ without souls,or,entities feeding off our “loosh “,or,some crazy thing to explain how so many people could have allowed all those many months of grief..ended with worse grief…geeze..ok. I don’t want to think about it anymore…
I spent the first quarter of my life living in Toronto. As a young aspiring professional living downtown, midtown, and then Greek Town locked doors was a reality.
I am sure there were neighbourhoods where this was a reality, but never one where we lived. The burbs were generally safe, but Toronto was a big city by the time we left.
Hahahah 💯 THIS: “It turns out being the global superpower is like being the mom on a family vacation: everyone rolls their eyes at you, questions your decisions, and still expects you to have snacks, directions, and a backup plan at all times.”
Greatest country on earth obviously. Idiots can rant against our country with zero consequences, and we are able to keep multiple firearms in our houses in the event that our government decides to try to come get us for said ranting.
That's right! Michael Moore has every right to demonstrate that he is a world-class dim-witted, kindergarten-level, walking, talking, snot-nosed goober with ears. And his feet probably smell like pig manure.
Hear, hear, Dr. Molly. The one thing we as Americans have, that countries like the UK, Australia, Canada and Western Europe gave up, is firearms! Whether or not you chose to own a firearm, all Americans should be defending the Second Amendment! It may be the only thing standing between us and enemy at the gate one of these days!
Remember when the Democrats all at once started calling JD Vance weird. Weird was the assigned word and they used it. In every interview, every democrat politician and paid activist called him weird. This is the same, except everyone today is cashing big fat checks for their time and effort. None of these people, these “influencers”, are independent thinkers. They are all selected, bought and paid for, and their “thoughts” are scripted by their benefactors. Soros, Koch, Rothschild, CCP, Qatar, City of London, and any other globalist entity seeking to end MAGA and bring the USA back into the globalist Obama-Biden fold. And those big checks they’re cashing will allow them to not be impacted by the damage they cause. Don’t be swayed.
Alex Jones, Alex Stein, Ana Kasparian, Ann Coulter, Ann Vandersteel, Benny Johnson, Brandon Straka, Bret Weinstein, Brian Glenn, Brit Hume, Candace Owens, Cenk Uygur, Dave Smith, Emerald Robinson, Enrico Tarrio, George Webb, Glenn Greenwald, Grace Chong, HealthRanger, HodgeTwins, Ian Carroll, Ian Miles Cheong, Ivan Raiklin, Jack Posobiec, Jeff Carlson, Jesse Kelly, Jesse Ventura, Jake Shields, Joe Kent, Joe Rogan, Jon Herold, Jordan Sather, JP Sears, Julie Kelly, Lara Logan, Laura Loomer, Lauren Boebert, Lisa Mei, Liz Crokin, Mario Nawfal, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mark Mitchell, Matt Gaetz, Matt Walsh, Matthew Tyrmand, Megyn Kelly, Michael Flynn, Michael Flynn Jr., Mike Cernovich, Miles Guo, Milo Yiannopoulos, MJTruth, Myron Gaines, Nick Fuentes, Nick Sortor, Owen Shroyer, Patrick Byrne, Raheem Kassam, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Richard Baris, Robert Barnes, Savannah Hernandez, Shannon Bream, Shawn Ryan,
I've followed Tierney for a long time, and she sometimes has good information, but the fact is that she's a fanatical Trump supporter that is blind to anything that doesn't parrot him. She's gone so far (so far gone?) as to support OWS and the Covid jabs, which is a bridge too far for me. As Jenna recently pointed out, we can support Trump without supporting absolutely everything he does. The same can be said of Tierney's blacklist. I'm familiar with most of those names, and they do a lot of good work. The day we start down that purity spiral is the beginning of the end.
Just last night I watched a podcast by Aaron Siri with Jessica Sutta, of the band, Pussycat Dolls. (She's Vaxx injured and lost her mom to the jab, and is now involved with React 19, an advocacy group.) She's intelligent and passionate, but she's also a big LGBT advocate, which almost lost me as soon as she breached the subject, but I persevered. Eat the meat; spit out the bones...
Good point, there should be room on disagreement. I don’t listen to any of them, but I like Teirney’s take on what’s going on and the list was compiled by someone else who has been watching. I included the list as a “heads up.” I am unsubscribing from a few others that aren’t ringing true in this sloppy-crazy time. Or I’m just tired of. Cheers!
Absolutely! That’s where our desernment comes in…one of the big ways “they “ keep us confused and down “rabbit holes” to drain our energy and get us to believe “everything is a lie”( could be) is this. Feed us enough truths,then,stick in enough “not truths “ to make sure we stay off the correct track. To keep us unbalanced. It’s quite effective,and,learning to trust our desernment, is not easy.
I don’t agree with this list actually. Many should be on that list, some should not. Being critical of this administration, which is not perfect, is not grounds for declaring them as not having our best interests at heart. I’m a solid Trump supporter and believe he’s done a remarkable job, especially given the obstacles. But this administration is NOT perfect and there are many still in government who are trying to undermine everything Trump wants to accomplish. We need to continue to call these things out or we run the risk of becoming cult members just like the vocal, lock stepped lefties.
That’s fine. I have no interest in checking them out. Others can do that. I tried Tucker, but I’m sorry, his voice and cadence irritates me too much. I only did a few times early in 2022 when I had left the democrats. I listened to Candace a couple of times but nothing rang true to me. I don’t have social media. I’d be down too many rabbit holes if I did. LOL.
Candace and Tucker and that ilk are bordering on crazy if you ask me. And I agree that a LOT on the list are absolutely bat-shit crazy. Bravo you for tuning out social media! I find much more value in stubstacks like this one!
The modern "influencer" challenge is that there are waaay too many knuckleheads all trying to out-knucklehead each other as fast as possible for the most clicks humanly possible. The knuckleheads are too busy click-baiting to understand and acknowledge their actions. It's like watching drug addicts spiral out of control.
This isn’t my list. It’s someone else’s. I’m sure I would find some to trust if I tried them. But I’ve been wrong and trusting when I shouldn’t have in so many directions in my long life. I pray for discernment. I’d just like to be able to really talk to someone about what’s going on. I have no one other than the internet. I have to hold so much inside.
Many have trust concerns Janet. You are not alone, please know that.
Praying for discernment is vital. What about joining a group in your community that you have interest in and like interests or perhaps volunteering someplace where you could meet people with like interests? Just thinking out loud...
Thank you. I live in a very small rural town. The churches are mostly woke and Covid took them down as viable congregations. Mostly old boomers like me. . I get by. 😀
When you tick off the names of other countries in your head, there simply is not another one that comes to mind I'd prefer over the US, because we have that awesome Constitution and it's Amendments to protect us. Yeah, Evil walked among us during covid, as just one example, but the truth is winning as it always does.
I remember a very liberal friend saying over and over how she REALLY needed to move to Sweden because they REALLY had it together with free healthcare,and,no homeless,etc…She never moved there . Of course,we know Sweden is NOT the idyllic country she thinks…
Tell her to follow @PeterSweden if she wants the truth about what’s going on there! He’ll be glad to tell her about the rape gangs and no-go zones invading Sweden!
I've actually lived in 5 other countries and visited 25. There is no place on earth like the USA and in all the countries I lived in and most of the ones I visited, we are the envy of the world. For exactly what many take for granted, our freedom to criticise our government without consequence. I still have friends from some of those countries and they cannot believe what is going on here that idiots don't realize how fantastic they have it. And all of them are ecstatic about what Trump did in Iran too. Great article!
Thank you for weighing in, Heather! I have lived in two other countries and traveled to 20+ and my experiences mirror yours, 100%! As a result of a semester abroad to complete the MBA program, I made friends from no less than 15 countries. I was one of three Americans in the program and to say that I was "popular," would be an understatement. Not because I am such an amazing intellect or a bedazzling personality, but because I was/am an AMERICAN! I represented the freedom of choice and a land where hope was still a belief. We can fight for our rights, most cannot!
Yes, exactly. Once in Ireland I noted to the hotel manager that we were behind on the card chip thing when my visa wouldn't work on their machine. (they had chips in mastercard/visa long before we did) Laughing, he said "That might be the only thing America is not best in the world at. Truly, you guys rock!" And right now a bunch of my European friends are in awe of President Trump for rescuing the pilots. As am I. 💕
If you answered anything but, "the greatest country on Earth," then I know you were most definitely born on USA soil. I know this because no naturalized citizen or immigrant of any sort, (colour, race, ethnicity, nationality, religious belief, etc., etc., etc.) that is fortunate enough to have planted their feet in this blessed soil would say anything different!
Becoming a naturalized citizen of the USA was a monumental day in the life of KatWarrior; right up there with marrying my Hubs and giving birth to our beautiful son.
To all those who believe this country is bad, I say take a look around and do a serious personal inventory before purchasing a ticket to a REALLY awful place! I would be happy to contribute or set up a GOFUNDME to remove your sorry arse from this hellhole!
I'm there with you. Those hating America, please post your GoFundMe for tickets to wherever so I can contribute. My SIL is a naturalized citizen, a great husband and father and I don't see him returning to his home country to live anytime soon.
“I’m not saying that the United States is a stellar example of geopolitical virtue. (Please read that sentence again before scrambling to the comments to call me a moron.)”
Jenna is about as far as you can get from being a "moron". Jenna is awesome in writing entertaining articles that can inspire true thinking not just knee jerk reactions!
It makes my head explode when I realize that the haters are all well-to-do and mostly highly educated. They had access to all that opportunity right here in the place they despise.
They were groomed to be so in their higher education. It was just starting back in the 80s when I was in college and I remember struggling against it and creating enemies with my liberal professors and liberal friends.
As a retired teacher, you forgot dumbing down our curriculum to make everyone, parents & students feel good. No one can have their feelings hurt! When they are not critically thinking, fill their heads with privilege guilt, climate change, America is bad….tada the next generation of Michael d***che canoe Moores!
I agree with you that woke, me first indoctrination is destroying youth in this country. BUT......not teaching the history of geopolitics is also a big failure. Read John Perkins's book "Confessions of and Economic Hitman".
One of the most important distinctions to make when talking about nations is the difference between the people vs the government. We can love America (our culture, our ideals, our neighbors... well, some of them anyway) and at the same time be disgusted by our government's actions.
What is truly horrifying is to realize the government is made up of us... we the citizens (okay, the scum of the Earth citizens but still, fellow humans).
I see two solutions: Americans require an honest education in the nuts and bolts of American government, as in how the Constitution works, and more people need to understand the importance of voting. I have college educated friends who don't know the first thing about the differences between the House and Senate. And they don't know the names of any of the people who were elected either to represent them in the Senate, or who represents their district in the Hose.
Our founding history consists of so many difficult challenges that it's amazing we ended up with the Constitution. John Adams once observed that one third of the population supported the Revolution, one third either didn't know about it or didn't care (think pioneers who lived in places that weren't even territories yet) and one third opposed it.
Yes! But how many of our citizens are completely unaware of this?
A population is never a singular consensus, different groups have very different outlooks. As we "police" the world, consider the radical idea of what if the British should rightfully have been the police of the world in 1776? Would it be okay for them to use military force to impose their opinions and culture (and taxes) on the rest of the world?
The British empire pillaged countries around the world for centuries. Now the US has taken that mantle in the last 75 years. Unfortunately many Americans don't understand that our high standard of living, like the British empire of previous centuries comes at the expense of billions of poor people around the world. The failure of our education system to teach this history is why so many of the comments here miss the mark.
Wealth is relative. There are two ways that standard of living can improve:
Technological advances - requires a source of energy. Life has "improved" (in the general sense) due to better and better sources of energy (human muscle -> animal muscle -> burning wood -> burning coal -> burning oil -> nuclear reactions, ect)
Exploitation - one group of humans benefits at the expense of another group of humans.
One advance that humanity doesn't really understand or know how to use is simulated intelligence (AI). This is a powerful tool but we are drowning in hype and misinformation.
World history as well as American history. Understanding the rest of the world (geopolitics) gives us a better understanding of, and appreciation for, what our founding fathers created.
Those who stress how much they love our country and would never want to live elsewhere may be too young to realize how much better our country was not all that long ago. And I maintain that it's OK to live in a great country and want it to be better.
That said, you made a lot of great points about how one sided much of the current criticism is, and that FIRST PARAGRAPH? Pure comedy gold!
PS Is it my imagination, or are the comments today (not mine, and not just those I tend to agree with) even better than usual?
I might agree with you but lately I have taken to blocking those bots that hate everything so, my view is actually that the comments, wherever I read them, are pretty good.
Sure, easy peasy. Click on the commentors name, that will take you to their profile. From there click on the 3 dots to the right of their name and you can block or mute them. Block is my preference.
Great to know! Not so much for here, but for another substack I read where many reflexively attack the author daily, but rarely manage to build an argument contrary to the author’s post.
Having been born and raised in Third World countries, it infuriates me to no end to listen to the I Hate America crowd. I lived in Venezuela (born there) and Libya (over 10 years), to name just 2 of the current hot spots. I was living in Libya when Gaddafi took over. I saw an Arab woman pulled from a car and beaten by a group of men because she DARED to drive a vehicle. (Yes, the woman died from her injuries). I have ZERO tolerance for anyone spouting this anti-American rhetoric. I still have Libyan and Lebanese friends, and they are far less kind in their comments than I just was!
I mean this in the most sincere way possible: God help us if these haters get back into power.
Amen, Mary.
The haters took over Chinada well over a decade ago and the entire country is now a cess pool of hate, out of control open borders and immigration, crime, drugs, gangs and an economy teetering on a full face plant.
Perhaps Michael Moore and his posse of America Haters would like me to set up a GOFUNDME Express to CHINADA!
Michael Moore is a world-class moron. He originated the campaign against "fat-shaming" and is proud of his obesity. Moore is also an originalist for Hating America. So it is actually unsurprising that he is embracing Iran, which is no longer Persia because the religious zealots conquered secular Persia and replaced that country and all its accomplishments with a religio-fascist terrorist state. Iran is actually a very good warning for the West what can happen when a successful older culture allows itself to be captured by theocrats. Islam is taking over the West. We have been warned.
New York City is the barometer. 👍
Well said, Brian!
And,never forget the poor Canadian ostriches! Heartbreak upon heartbreak,that one.
Yes, Tonee. Mthereffers! That was so devastatingly beyond evil 👺
absolutely depraved.
Ugh! Trying to erase it from my memory.
That was painful to hear about. I remember being sick for those innocent birds.
Every moment of that ongoing debacle was sickening! It is things like that that make me want to believe EVERYTHING in the media is a lie. Also,makes me wonder if there really ARE reptilian shape shifters or”people “ without souls,or,entities feeding off our “loosh “,or,some crazy thing to explain how so many people could have allowed all those many months of grief..ended with worse grief…geeze..ok. I don’t want to think about it anymore…
Michael Moore is disgusting. Obese imbecile. Yet he never leaves.
We should invite him back to Canada. Remember when no one locked their doors in Toronto?
I spent the first quarter of my life living in Toronto. As a young aspiring professional living downtown, midtown, and then Greek Town locked doors was a reality.
I am sure there were neighbourhoods where this was a reality, but never one where we lived. The burbs were generally safe, but Toronto was a big city by the time we left.
Amen Mary Ann.
And the 1 and 2% on the poll that hate america and think it is awful should move out and are the enemy and will be treated as such.
So very true.
Hahahah 💯 THIS: “It turns out being the global superpower is like being the mom on a family vacation: everyone rolls their eyes at you, questions your decisions, and still expects you to have snacks, directions, and a backup plan at all times.”
😉🩷
That line was absolute perfection.
LOVED that one too!!! 😂
Just remember, Mom has a long reach over the backseat. LOL!
There hasn't been a longer arm in recorded history!
I thought I was the only one that came back exhausted from vacations because of this. Perfect analogy.
Greatest country on earth obviously. Idiots can rant against our country with zero consequences, and we are able to keep multiple firearms in our houses in the event that our government decides to try to come get us for said ranting.
That's right! Michael Moore has every right to demonstrate that he is a world-class dim-witted, kindergarten-level, walking, talking, snot-nosed goober with ears. And his feet probably smell like pig manure.
... and his father smelt of elderberries!
GOOD ONE, Monty Python fan!
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Hear, hear, Dr. Molly. The one thing we as Americans have, that countries like the UK, Australia, Canada and Western Europe gave up, is firearms! Whether or not you chose to own a firearm, all Americans should be defending the Second Amendment! It may be the only thing standing between us and enemy at the gate one of these days!
We are already at that point in time.
Agreed!
And the enemy are the 1 and 2 percent on this poll that hate America. They will be treated as such.
It isn’t perfect but Ronald Reagan said it best :
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.”
Amen, AGAIN! Where in GOD's good name would you go????!!!!
The Falkland Islands, oops, even that is not a sure thing. See 1982.
Remember when the Democrats all at once started calling JD Vance weird. Weird was the assigned word and they used it. In every interview, every democrat politician and paid activist called him weird. This is the same, except everyone today is cashing big fat checks for their time and effort. None of these people, these “influencers”, are independent thinkers. They are all selected, bought and paid for, and their “thoughts” are scripted by their benefactors. Soros, Koch, Rothschild, CCP, Qatar, City of London, and any other globalist entity seeking to end MAGA and bring the USA back into the globalist Obama-Biden fold. And those big checks they’re cashing will allow them to not be impacted by the damage they cause. Don’t be swayed.
Here is a list of influencers who may not have our interests at heart. From Tierneys Real News. Today.
https://tierneyrealnewsnetwork.substack.com/p/influencers?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=728707&post_id=193712362&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2o19yg&triedRedirect=true&
Some I unsubscribed to long ago.
Alex Jones, Alex Stein, Ana Kasparian, Ann Coulter, Ann Vandersteel, Benny Johnson, Brandon Straka, Bret Weinstein, Brian Glenn, Brit Hume, Candace Owens, Cenk Uygur, Dave Smith, Emerald Robinson, Enrico Tarrio, George Webb, Glenn Greenwald, Grace Chong, HealthRanger, HodgeTwins, Ian Carroll, Ian Miles Cheong, Ivan Raiklin, Jack Posobiec, Jeff Carlson, Jesse Kelly, Jesse Ventura, Jake Shields, Joe Kent, Joe Rogan, Jon Herold, Jordan Sather, JP Sears, Julie Kelly, Lara Logan, Laura Loomer, Lauren Boebert, Lisa Mei, Liz Crokin, Mario Nawfal, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mark Mitchell, Matt Gaetz, Matt Walsh, Matthew Tyrmand, Megyn Kelly, Michael Flynn, Michael Flynn Jr., Mike Cernovich, Miles Guo, Milo Yiannopoulos, MJTruth, Myron Gaines, Nick Fuentes, Nick Sortor, Owen Shroyer, Patrick Byrne, Raheem Kassam, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Richard Baris, Robert Barnes, Savannah Hernandez, Shannon Bream, Shawn Ryan,
I've followed Tierney for a long time, and she sometimes has good information, but the fact is that she's a fanatical Trump supporter that is blind to anything that doesn't parrot him. She's gone so far (so far gone?) as to support OWS and the Covid jabs, which is a bridge too far for me. As Jenna recently pointed out, we can support Trump without supporting absolutely everything he does. The same can be said of Tierney's blacklist. I'm familiar with most of those names, and they do a lot of good work. The day we start down that purity spiral is the beginning of the end.
Just last night I watched a podcast by Aaron Siri with Jessica Sutta, of the band, Pussycat Dolls. (She's Vaxx injured and lost her mom to the jab, and is now involved with React 19, an advocacy group.) She's intelligent and passionate, but she's also a big LGBT advocate, which almost lost me as soon as she breached the subject, but I persevered. Eat the meat; spit out the bones...
"Eat the meat spit out the bones", I might have to co-opt that little nugget.
Picked it up in Bible study. Some Christians love the purity spiral.... 😉
Agreed. Reminds me of something oft repeated at AA meetings: Take what you need, and disregard the rest."
Good point, there should be room on disagreement. I don’t listen to any of them, but I like Teirney’s take on what’s going on and the list was compiled by someone else who has been watching. I included the list as a “heads up.” I am unsubscribing from a few others that aren’t ringing true in this sloppy-crazy time. Or I’m just tired of. Cheers!
Tucker Carlson on that list?
Yes. Candace, etc.
Absolutely! That’s where our desernment comes in…one of the big ways “they “ keep us confused and down “rabbit holes” to drain our energy and get us to believe “everything is a lie”( could be) is this. Feed us enough truths,then,stick in enough “not truths “ to make sure we stay off the correct track. To keep us unbalanced. It’s quite effective,and,learning to trust our desernment, is not easy.
Not sure why Lara Logan is on that list. She’s pretty decent. And I do still like Matt Walsh.
The rest I can understand why one side or the other feels they are best avoided.
I don’t agree with this list actually. Many should be on that list, some should not. Being critical of this administration, which is not perfect, is not grounds for declaring them as not having our best interests at heart. I’m a solid Trump supporter and believe he’s done a remarkable job, especially given the obstacles. But this administration is NOT perfect and there are many still in government who are trying to undermine everything Trump wants to accomplish. We need to continue to call these things out or we run the risk of becoming cult members just like the vocal, lock stepped lefties.
The lock stepped lefties are demons, that is the difference. They are truly possessed.
That’s fine. I have no interest in checking them out. Others can do that. I tried Tucker, but I’m sorry, his voice and cadence irritates me too much. I only did a few times early in 2022 when I had left the democrats. I listened to Candace a couple of times but nothing rang true to me. I don’t have social media. I’d be down too many rabbit holes if I did. LOL.
Candace and Tucker and that ilk are bordering on crazy if you ask me. And I agree that a LOT on the list are absolutely bat-shit crazy. Bravo you for tuning out social media! I find much more value in stubstacks like this one!
Enjoy Tucker and he has some great guests.
Some of those names actually made me chuckle when I thought about what knuckleheads they are.
The modern "influencer" challenge is that there are waaay too many knuckleheads all trying to out-knucklehead each other as fast as possible for the most clicks humanly possible. The knuckleheads are too busy click-baiting to understand and acknowledge their actions. It's like watching drug addicts spiral out of control.
Thanks, Janet! I was not aware of Tierneys Real News. Appreciate the link!
I’m kind of glad there is no comment space on the stack.
Excellent. Has a website listed too.
Wow that is a huge list. Yes, some of those I followed for a while and then realized a flip in tone.
Yes. On Matt Walsh’s I did. Just a spidey sense. Although I listen once in a while. I’ve got too many places I go as it is, and I’m retired!
There are a few on this list that I still have faith in.
This isn’t my list. It’s someone else’s. I’m sure I would find some to trust if I tried them. But I’ve been wrong and trusting when I shouldn’t have in so many directions in my long life. I pray for discernment. I’d just like to be able to really talk to someone about what’s going on. I have no one other than the internet. I have to hold so much inside.
Many have trust concerns Janet. You are not alone, please know that.
Praying for discernment is vital. What about joining a group in your community that you have interest in and like interests or perhaps volunteering someplace where you could meet people with like interests? Just thinking out loud...
Thank you. I live in a very small rural town. The churches are mostly woke and Covid took them down as viable congregations. Mostly old boomers like me. . I get by. 😀
Woke churches, good grief. Hang in there Janet. Keep looking up and smiling! Still so much beauty in the world that our Lord made for us.
The dems are the personification of Satan.
You nailed it! Again! My sentiments exactly! I love our country and wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.
When you tick off the names of other countries in your head, there simply is not another one that comes to mind I'd prefer over the US, because we have that awesome Constitution and it's Amendments to protect us. Yeah, Evil walked among us during covid, as just one example, but the truth is winning as it always does.
You're right, of course. And imagine if the constitution and amendments were actually applied day to day!
Wouldn't that be wonderful!
I remember a very liberal friend saying over and over how she REALLY needed to move to Sweden because they REALLY had it together with free healthcare,and,no homeless,etc…She never moved there . Of course,we know Sweden is NOT the idyllic country she thinks…
Tell her to follow @PeterSweden if she wants the truth about what’s going on there! He’ll be glad to tell her about the rape gangs and no-go zones invading Sweden!
Yep! She doesn’t bring it up much anymore. Actually,I don’t see her much,anymore. Thank you.
Better.
Exactly!
I've actually lived in 5 other countries and visited 25. There is no place on earth like the USA and in all the countries I lived in and most of the ones I visited, we are the envy of the world. For exactly what many take for granted, our freedom to criticise our government without consequence. I still have friends from some of those countries and they cannot believe what is going on here that idiots don't realize how fantastic they have it. And all of them are ecstatic about what Trump did in Iran too. Great article!
Thank you for weighing in, Heather! I have lived in two other countries and traveled to 20+ and my experiences mirror yours, 100%! As a result of a semester abroad to complete the MBA program, I made friends from no less than 15 countries. I was one of three Americans in the program and to say that I was "popular," would be an understatement. Not because I am such an amazing intellect or a bedazzling personality, but because I was/am an AMERICAN! I represented the freedom of choice and a land where hope was still a belief. We can fight for our rights, most cannot!
Yes, exactly. Once in Ireland I noted to the hotel manager that we were behind on the card chip thing when my visa wouldn't work on their machine. (they had chips in mastercard/visa long before we did) Laughing, he said "That might be the only thing America is not best in the world at. Truly, you guys rock!" And right now a bunch of my European friends are in awe of President Trump for rescuing the pilots. As am I. 💕
Bingo! Same here.
I lived in different countries too but there is only one that I would consider close enough to the US to move to if needs must.
If you answered anything but, "the greatest country on Earth," then I know you were most definitely born on USA soil. I know this because no naturalized citizen or immigrant of any sort, (colour, race, ethnicity, nationality, religious belief, etc., etc., etc.) that is fortunate enough to have planted their feet in this blessed soil would say anything different!
Becoming a naturalized citizen of the USA was a monumental day in the life of KatWarrior; right up there with marrying my Hubs and giving birth to our beautiful son.
To all those who believe this country is bad, I say take a look around and do a serious personal inventory before purchasing a ticket to a REALLY awful place! I would be happy to contribute or set up a GOFUNDME to remove your sorry arse from this hellhole!
I'm there with you. Those hating America, please post your GoFundMe for tickets to wherever so I can contribute. My SIL is a naturalized citizen, a great husband and father and I don't see him returning to his home country to live anytime soon.
I will contribute too Kat!
“I’m not saying that the United States is a stellar example of geopolitical virtue. (Please read that sentence again before scrambling to the comments to call me a moron.)”
PLEASE! Do not call our Jenna a moron…
Jenna is about as far as you can get from being a "moron". Jenna is awesome in writing entertaining articles that can inspire true thinking not just knee jerk reactions!
Roger that.
It makes my head explode when I realize that the haters are all well-to-do and mostly highly educated. They had access to all that opportunity right here in the place they despise.
They are the most vulnerable, interestingly. If their system
fails, they fail. They will go to great lengths to save their superior image. Luckily Trump is pulling the curtain back.
Yes, most vulnerable to cognitive dissonance.
They were groomed to be so in their higher education. It was just starting back in the 80s when I was in college and I remember struggling against it and creating enemies with my liberal professors and liberal friends.
You have an enemy Juju? I don't believe it:}
🤣🤣 I collect them like interesting rocks. Hee hee
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You were supposed to put educated in parentheses (“educated”)!
As a retired teacher, you forgot dumbing down our curriculum to make everyone, parents & students feel good. No one can have their feelings hurt! When they are not critically thinking, fill their heads with privilege guilt, climate change, America is bad….tada the next generation of Michael d***che canoe Moores!
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I agree with you that woke, me first indoctrination is destroying youth in this country. BUT......not teaching the history of geopolitics is also a big failure. Read John Perkins's book "Confessions of and Economic Hitman".
I'm 2 out of 3 .... does that count?
(gun-toting, MAGA, redneck)
((Or was MAGA redneck one option?))
I think I’m a 4.
A gun toting, MAGA, redneck grandmother.
One of my Mom’s favorite sayings was “we’re the worst country in the world, EXCEPT FOR ALL THE OTHERS”.
Emphasis mine: Mom didn’t shout.
Thank you for my new favorite quote!
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One of the most important distinctions to make when talking about nations is the difference between the people vs the government. We can love America (our culture, our ideals, our neighbors... well, some of them anyway) and at the same time be disgusted by our government's actions.
What is truly horrifying is to realize the government is made up of us... we the citizens (okay, the scum of the Earth citizens but still, fellow humans).
I see two solutions: Americans require an honest education in the nuts and bolts of American government, as in how the Constitution works, and more people need to understand the importance of voting. I have college educated friends who don't know the first thing about the differences between the House and Senate. And they don't know the names of any of the people who were elected either to represent them in the Senate, or who represents their district in the Hose.
Education, not indoctrination!
History is worth studying, especially the founding of our country.
Our founding history consists of so many difficult challenges that it's amazing we ended up with the Constitution. John Adams once observed that one third of the population supported the Revolution, one third either didn't know about it or didn't care (think pioneers who lived in places that weren't even territories yet) and one third opposed it.
Yes! But how many of our citizens are completely unaware of this?
A population is never a singular consensus, different groups have very different outlooks. As we "police" the world, consider the radical idea of what if the British should rightfully have been the police of the world in 1776? Would it be okay for them to use military force to impose their opinions and culture (and taxes) on the rest of the world?
The British empire pillaged countries around the world for centuries. Now the US has taken that mantle in the last 75 years. Unfortunately many Americans don't understand that our high standard of living, like the British empire of previous centuries comes at the expense of billions of poor people around the world. The failure of our education system to teach this history is why so many of the comments here miss the mark.
Wealth is relative. There are two ways that standard of living can improve:
Technological advances - requires a source of energy. Life has "improved" (in the general sense) due to better and better sources of energy (human muscle -> animal muscle -> burning wood -> burning coal -> burning oil -> nuclear reactions, ect)
Exploitation - one group of humans benefits at the expense of another group of humans.
One advance that humanity doesn't really understand or know how to use is simulated intelligence (AI). This is a powerful tool but we are drowning in hype and misinformation.
World history as well as American history. Understanding the rest of the world (geopolitics) gives us a better understanding of, and appreciation for, what our founding fathers created.
Yes! And it's worth a bit of a deep dive, not the quickie whitewashed overview given in school.
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Those who stress how much they love our country and would never want to live elsewhere may be too young to realize how much better our country was not all that long ago. And I maintain that it's OK to live in a great country and want it to be better.
That said, you made a lot of great points about how one sided much of the current criticism is, and that FIRST PARAGRAPH? Pure comedy gold!
PS Is it my imagination, or are the comments today (not mine, and not just those I tend to agree with) even better than usual?
I might agree with you but lately I have taken to blocking those bots that hate everything so, my view is actually that the comments, wherever I read them, are pretty good.
Wow! Are you saying that you can block indidual's comments from showing in your feed?
Sure, easy peasy. Click on the commentors name, that will take you to their profile. From there click on the 3 dots to the right of their name and you can block or mute them. Block is my preference.
Great to know! Not so much for here, but for another substack I read where many reflexively attack the author daily, but rarely manage to build an argument contrary to the author’s post.
We must be reading the same ‘stacks!
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One should not equate a nation and the love, respect and loyalty to it with its government. Nations endure, governments change.
Having been born and raised in Third World countries, it infuriates me to no end to listen to the I Hate America crowd. I lived in Venezuela (born there) and Libya (over 10 years), to name just 2 of the current hot spots. I was living in Libya when Gaddafi took over. I saw an Arab woman pulled from a car and beaten by a group of men because she DARED to drive a vehicle. (Yes, the woman died from her injuries). I have ZERO tolerance for anyone spouting this anti-American rhetoric. I still have Libyan and Lebanese friends, and they are far less kind in their comments than I just was!
Thank you for sharing your experiences Judy.