America: What it really is

[pjohns]

There are essentially two (diametrically opposed) views of America. They are as follows:

View #1: American Exceptionalism. This is the view that America is the one (and only) truly indispensable country--the one nation on which the rest of the free world ultimately depends.

View #2: This is the view (held principally by the left) that America is more bad than it is good. Sure, it has done some positive things in the world--even if only by accident--but its global "footprint" has been much more negative than it has been positive.

It is very difficult--no, impossible--to just split the difference between these two opposing views. Either America is basically very good, with a few flaws; or it is basically very bad, with a few positive points.

With which view do you feel more comfortable?

[donttread]

There are essentially two (diametrically opposed) views of America. They are as follows:

View #1: American Exceptionalism. This is the view that America is the one (and only) truly indispensable country--the one nation on which the rest of the free world ultimately depends.

View #2: This is the view (held principally by the left) that America is more bad than it is good. Sure, it has done some positive things in the world--even if only by accident--but its global "footprint" has been much more negative than it has been positive.

It is very difficult--no, impossible--to just split the difference between these two opposing views. Either America is basically very good, with a few flaws; or it is basically very bad, with a few positive points.

With which view do you feel more comfortable?

Our government is somewhere between dysfunctional and non-functional. They clearly have more problems than solutions.

[pjohns]

Our government is somewhere between dysfunctional and non-functional. They clearly have more problems than solutions.

Is that just your way of saying that you feel more comfortable with View #2 than with View #1?

[Green Arrow]

[domer76]

There are essentially two (diametrically opposed) views of America. They are as follows:

View #1: American Exceptionalism. This is the view that America is the one (and only) truly indispensable country--the one nation on which the rest of the free world ultimately depends.

View #2: This is the view (held principally by the left) that America is more bad than it is good. Sure, it has done some positive things in the world--even if only by accident--but its global "footprint" has been much more negative than it has been positive.

It is very difficult--no, impossible--to just split the difference between these two opposing views. Either America is basically very good, with a few flaws; or it is basically very bad, with a few positive points.

With which view do you feel more comfortable?

None of the above

[Mister D]

Our government is somewhere between dysfunctional and non-functional. They clearly have more problems than solutions.

You have the government you deserve.

[Common]

My view of America is its my country, I was born here and lived my entire life here. I think america is a damn good place to live and ive never seen nor heard of any place better

[donttread]

Is that just your way of saying that you feel more comfortable with View #2 than with View #1?

No, it's my way of saying that the two views don't quite capture how people really feel .

[donttread]

You have the government you deserve.

No, I have the government you donkephant supporters deserve

[Mister D]

No, I have the government you donkephant supporters deserve

I know you will never link your radical individualism with state encroachment into all facets of our lives but thanks for that.