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I ran across that magazine recently and every post is transphobic af. Does that fit within kbin.social's code of conduct?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My point was that America is not number one in anything. It doesn't mean it's a bad place to live it's just delusional to think it's the "greatest" by any measurable metric. Research "nationalism" if you need more information.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know what nationalism is, thank you. I also know what American Exceptionalism is, and it's a well established doctrine, well rooted in fact. I might have failed to explain it well, or maybe you just didn't want to question your preconceived beliefs. Either way, American Exceptionalism is the real deal, and no amount of bickering over it could change my mind. Thank you, though, for sharing your perspective with me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure you can list one thing America is number one at? Its such a firm belief you hold you must know one thing, right?

Or is your opinion just entirely based on emotion?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a confluence of many factors, some of which I already listed, and instead of accepting and seeking knowledge, you rejected my explanation. I'm done replying to you here. Take care.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Your position is that America is "the greatest country possible" so the political spectrum used by the rest of the developed world is not relevant to us. We went through this exercise to illustrate that America actually doesn't lead the world in anything except defense spending and mass shootings.

So to bring it back full-circle, before you sent us down a tangent about your nationalism-

The largest news organization in America, Fox News, is far-right. What you consider "far-left" is considered centrist to right-leaning in the rest of the developed world. America is not "so great" that we can't consider these classifications because America doesn't actually lead the world in anything other than death.