DO YOU CARE HOW OTHER COUNTRIES LOOK AT US?

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choices : DO YOU CARE HOW OTHER COUNTRIES LOOK AT US?

[+] ballot by larrynelmira
created Tue Jan 25, 05
I know many americans say "to hell with what the rest of the world thinks about us"
But I do care, it bothers me when I hear american bashing, it bothers me when I see opinion polls about America, I'm sad the world despises us so much, but at the same time, the patriot in me gets angry, it's like with your family, you can blow about them, but don't want others to do so.

Do you have these feelings too, am I wrong to feel this way?

I know it's impossible to defend what Bush is doing in Iraq, but being a conservative, I'm lumped in with Bush supporters, but I'm not giving up my ideology just to make some people happy, but many people DO NOT think you can be a conservative and NOT support Bush and some of his policies, but that is wrong , because I'm an example of that.

I'm not saying people around the world do not have the right to complain, just saying it bothers me when they do so.

Not sure where I am going with this ballot, just wanted to vent my frustration.

You can comment or ignore if you want.

I care

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COMMENTS:
I know what you mean Larry. It bothers me as well. Mostly because I want them to know that we don't ALL feel that the US is the most important, the best, the only country in the world. I am proud of my country but recognize that there are many other wonderful countries that have a say in the goings on of our world. It's frustrating and humiliating to be thought of as puritanical hypocrites that are self-loving, war mongers who only care about making more money. I hope, in the future, we are able to do away with these images of the US.

by Tadema on Tue Jan 25, 05 7:48am [+]

Yes, it is important to care about what other countries think; liek it or not, we're all on teh same planet and this requires degrees of interaction and cooperation. Bad reputations (and a rep for "Not playing well with others") get in the way of this.

by Cathexis on Tue Jan 25, 05 8:15am [+]

BTW, not all of us lump all conservatives under the same umbrella, nor do all of us view Bush as representative of true conservative beliefs.

by Cathexis on Tue Jan 25, 05 8:16am [+]

I care. I've lived in other countries and IT MATTERS. We are not a remote island nation. We rely on others, as they rely on us.

It reminds me of a news report I saw during the tsunami horror. An airplane carrying food and meds attempted to land on a remote Indonesian island. What they saw when they looked out of the plane window was a native guy, standing on the beach with a spear pointed at the plane. Clear message: don't land here. The people didn't want help because their culture was insular and they hated and feared outsiders.

Let's not become that man on the beach.

by mojo on Tue Jan 25, 05 9:02am [+]

Good point Mojo.

by Tadema on Tue Jan 25, 05 9:07am [+]

If your friendly to Americans I will be friendly to you. If your not then i will do the exact same back.

by Republican_RightWing on Tue Jan 25, 05 10:14am [+]

you can be sure its not just the United States, because i have lived in Britain, Canada and America and they are all looked at in different ways as i am sure it is the same with many countries

by Ms_Doubtfire on Tue Jan 25, 05 10:17am [+]

It bothers me too. They get such a myopic (?) view of what we are all about. But aren't we the country everyone wanted to emigrate to? And they always want our money. I have a problem with being politically categorized as well, because my feelings tend toward conservative, but I too do not support all the policies.

by HBinVegas on Tue Jan 25, 05 12:07pm [+]

I care. But I'm not going to lose any sleep over them.

by rockhead234 on Wed Sep 14, 05 2:35pm [+]

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