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Shooting at Mardi Gras parade in Louisiana wounds five people, including child
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Never fails to entertain us, that rotten violent country.
An amazingly dim-witted comment. For decades here I’ve seen oceans, mountains, deserts, people of all cultures, and endless novelty etc.
You literally only read the most sensationalist headlines while being oblivious to the goodwill dividend. With one sentence you informed me how much you actually don’t know this country.
Is Canada rotten for its disappearing of natives by police? Is Canada rotten for the Somalia Affair, when two official Canadian peacemakers beat a teenager to death? Canada lobbied asbestos to not be labeled hazardous to the UN — what non-zero amount of deaths should we tally there? The Alberta Eugenics Board — was that rotten? The expulsion of the Acadians?
How about forcibly taking children from First Nations and distributing them to foster homes? Gee, what an awful, frozen, “rotten” winter hellscape.
A Canadian man was just arrested for sexually abusing over 100 American girls — by your logic, Canada is dangerously violent and rotten.
Their comment is how America is viewed by the outside world. You seem offended by that and try to distract with offensive things in their country, but we should be offended that this is how people view America. But it is not their fault and it is completely valid.
Our beautiful countryside does not make up our change the fact that we are the most violent country in the world. And that we are known for that. Be offended that is our legacy and try to change it internally. But don't blame and shame people who view our flawed country accurately.
Countries with a higher homicide rate than the U.S., I’ll name just a few.
Russia, Uruguay, Panama, Brazil, Guatemala, Mexico, Bahamas, Jamaica, Ecuador..
Why is your name based on a Republican?
Why does my username, an inside-joke amongst fellow liberal friends, offend you so much? How is it that you’re this easily affected?
Because it sounds like some alt-right shit, and seeing your comments in here blindly defending America and whatabouting other countries...
Like that doesn't sound like a liberal poster at all.
Interesting. You’ve further demonstrated your anger and lack of critical thinking.
Hope things get better for you.
Still you're a rotten violent country.
Is this really necessary? I hate the governments of several countries (my own most of all). I would never call an entire country violent and rotten because of it.
I know, that's not what i meant even though it stands out like that. It was an overgeneralization on my part. I apologize. I stand with people against all rotten governments, and against rotten people. It's sad to constantly hear these news about what used to be a great country and not be affected by it, even if these things can happen in many other country including Canada.
It was already evident you’re operating on jealousy and emotion as opposed to reason and logic — no need to inform us further.
We’re an amazing country. It’s a shame you could never actually experience it and instead write about it online like some Russian bot.
Oh i agree geographically it's a beautiful land, I've seen a lot of the US, from the east to the west, north and south, deserts and mountains... And the people are wonderful (if they're not fascist racist idiotic magas). But with all the shootings that keep happening, especially the school shootings, ICE, and not to forget your government's spread of terrorism and war all over the globe, a pedo president, it's hard not to regard your country as a violent and rotten place. I can go on and on but it's pointless.
Whereas in reality, you lost all credibility many comments ago.
I can't really argue the violent country part, but calling a shooting entertaining is pretty fucked up regardless. Even if the country is fucked up, they're still people being murdered.