Quote: (08-23-2013 01:32 PM)Bolthouse Wrote:
You guys think Americans are patriotic?
Go to downtown LA/NYC/SF and (as long as you're not muslim) yell Fuck USA. Nobody will bat an eyelash.
Try doing something similar in France, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Brazil and see what happens.
I'd recommend to anyone reading this post to NOT doing that... You go around saying fuck America in New York and Los Angeles you will be looking for trouble unless you you're doing it in Beverly Hills or something. The biggest reasons why saying "Fuck America" might not make anyone bat an eye lash is because NYC and LA are numb to is because people in those cities are numb to profanities in general.
SF is the only place that is hippy enough where no one might care, and San Fransisco is a tiny city.
You're being really selective, there are regions in Russia, Mexico and Italy where people there do not even consider themselves to be Russian, Mexican and Italian(perhaps an exaggeration with Mexican as I've never been to the super Indigenous parts, but if it's like other Latin American countries then those places tend not to be super patriotic). Outside of Puerto Rico, America doesn't have that, despite its vastness as a country.
Anyway, as I said, you're being very selective in picking the most liberal cities. Even progressive cities like Boston, Austin, Philadelphia and DC you're asking for a fight if you go around insulting America. Much less try to do that in the South, Texas or the Mid-West.
Quote: (08-22-2013 08:01 PM)RonnieB Wrote:
Australians get annoyingly patriotic, more than Americans.
Really? I think Australians are one of the least patriot people.