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Originally Posted by jimdene  There is little point in giving my impression of Americans that I have met, everybody is different and we each have our own likes and dislikes about individuals.
I gain my impression of Americans by TV news and have to be aware of not forming ideas watching the blatant bias of TV Stations like Fox and that obnoxious O'Reilly.
I tend to get a better overall picture with CNN.
However there is no disputing that you have too much flag waving, and for a country who would like to be world leader, how the hell do you put up with all of that religious bible thumping. |
If you form opinions mostly by the news media from my country then you should always listen to the full variety. The difference you see as blatant bias from some channels is done on purpose because the majority of the news media in this country is liberal in nature. The conservative news (Fox, & O'Reilly) perspective is deliberate because of all the liberal bias passed out by the other stations. The owner of the Fox channel bought and set it up that way because he was tired of all Liberal bias news in the country.
Funny thing is I kind of think we are world leaders, not want-to-be world leaders. But I would welcome pulling out and letting the rest of the world fight it out. I guess you could call me a isolationist.
Freedom of religion is one of the main reasons this country was founded. Some of them can have what I would call "a holy'r than thou attitude". But history will show that has been a problem way before "America" was founded. Religion has been the cause of conflict and war in history. I have no particular religion that I adhere too, but I say let them "thump" as long as thats all they are doing.