Why do so many Americans BASH their own country?

Question

Why do so many Americans BASH their own country?

Answer 1

You forget that the Christians do it to...so do the Jews, and all other types of people.



The reason we bash the country is because it deserves to be bashed. We're a cesspool of immorality. And the reason we don't leave is because we can't. It's ridiculously hard to just up and go to another country. I mean, really. Have you ever tried to get citizenship in another country. Or even a job in another country?



Honestly though, I think it can be a very good thing that so many people hate our country. Maybe we'll change a bit.



Finally, wanting to change a country is not the same as trying to change somebody else's store or house. Every citizen of America has a constitutional right to try and reform their home. That's why it's a democracy.



Face it...America is a land of unrest at the moment. Perhaps nothing like the Middle East, but still, the unrest is there. If you don't like it, why don't you take your own advice and just get out?

Answer 2

I would go to Iraq but....America paid Saddam Hussein $80 to come to power and now this. I would go to Afghanistan but...America put the Taliban in power and now this. I would go to Saudi Arabia but...America put the Saudi family in power w/ the help of England and Abdul Wahab (agent initiating Wahhabism) and now this. The list goes on and on. I don't know where American Muslims who've been here longer than this individual asking the question will go. I guess Native American Muslims should go to Alaska. Hispanic Muslims should go to Mexico and South America. Hmmm... That would only leave the KKK and conservative republicans. This country is not God or the representation of God. People that bashed this country fought against this country so we can sit here on Yahoo! Answers. Bashing is what makes people think some times but now a days, every one seems to be blind. Note, these were Muslim examples, there are a billion Atheists, Gays, Christians, Jews etc who want democracy to work but it wont b/c its controlled by corporate war mongers which you might actually be one of their stock holders supporting them. Have a great day.

Answer 3

Oh my goodness. You poor thing.



Until you have taken up a post, picked up a rifle and defended the two men on either side of you and the 12 men in front and in back of you----I suggest you save your indignation for another blog.



Why do you bash your parents? Why do you bash you schools? Why do you bash your teachers? Why do you bash every level of authority over you? I'm tired of reading about teenagers more worried about when they can have sex than they are how much they could help their parents at home. I'm tired of reading posts from teenagers and adults, alike, that are so miswritten that the reader can't understand them. I'm tired of hearing how so many people are more worried about getting what they want that they stamp their feet a little louder, use the foulest language they can, then hold their breath until they turn blue----just so they get what they want. And they're not 3 years old. How tired of all this are you, really? Then change your own piece of the earth first. Be an example.



To answer your childish demand----We are home, my dear. We who have hands-on experience in fighting for our homes have the right to b be here and to have our voices heard---sometimes, I believe---more than those who have chosen NOT to defend Her. Our Flag was sometimes the one object that got our POWs one more breath, one more step, one more day until they could get home---but the disrespect for our flag is horrific.



We bash this country? I think not. We bash the people who are governing this country--the ones who are raping its resources; the ones who would rather make a buck than a friend; the ones who would rather see America shamed and belittled than honored and held in high regard.



WE DO NOT BASH OUR COUNTRY. Some of us left our souls on foreign soil so you could write on this blog such angry and ignorant words. YOU'RE WELCOME, BY THE WAY.



Some of us watched our sons, daughters, friends, our brothers and sisters in arms, beaten, starved, demeaned, and driven to the brink of insanity so we could have a voice----YES A VOICE---in how our country is run. I don't believe you have the courage or the will to stop that. We've paid so others have the rights. Have you?



You may not know this, but this country is OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE---and those people have voices, rights, and opinions. If you don't like that these people exercise the rights people have died to keep----I suggest you get out. You don't want freedom; you want a dictatorship. I hear they have a seat ready for you on the next C-130 out. Why don't you take it and see what a dictatorship makes.

Answer 4

Americans bash this country the same way people in other locations do their native countries. We are not unique. The difference is that we don't killed or jailed for it. If people didn't complain this wouldn't be America... Read a book dummy! How do yo think the America of today was started... By Britains complaining about their country.



If people didn't complain laws wouldn't get made, change would never happen and we wouldn't be the super power we are today. Ignorant people like yourself are really the ones who should leave... As a matter of fact, get the HELL OUT of my imperfect country!! Go start your own and call it "IDIOTLAND"!!

Answer 5

To the contrary, everything is not perfect in this country or any other country for that matter. Many people who bash the country are actually quite patriotic and they hate to see what the politicians are to doing to this wonderful country. If citizens see things that aren't right with the U.S then they should speak out. It's the only way that change can come about. People who bash the country shouldn't leave it they should change it! This country was founded on these principles and I hope they continue.

Answer 6

It's a matter of convenience. And, in fact, when you bash the people like what you're doing now, you are bashing the country. Americans do this because of the need for cultural superiority, or at least standing ground. People don't want the "land of milk and honey" they want to argue. And we are staying until we start falling off at the edges due to overpopulation, that's all.

Answer 7

Speaking as a non-American (I'm British) I think that you should be proud that your democracy is amongst those too few in the world which can allow free-speech, criticism and even slander but still be strong. Freedom and truth will shine through.

I get frustrated just like you but tolerance annoys the type of person you are talking about more than violent reaction. Haven't you got a special holiday coming up? Rejoice that false words will not destroy what is good and valid in your society.

Answer 8

Stop conflating people hating the government's policies with people hating the country.



Damn near all the people that hate America hate its policies. Travelling worldwide, I've only found one person openly hostile to me once I said I was from America, and that person was a mugger.



People don't like the chronic belligerance and swagger of the current president. They don't like a Congress which is more obsessed with stopping boys from kissing and the rare flagburning than with stopping people from dying and actually supporting democracy with the flick of a pen than with the barrel of a gun. (That's diplomatically/economically rather than militarily.)



The formerly fiscally restrained Republicans have become the "dine and dash" spenders, charging up Uncle Sam's American Express card to flush millions of dollars in black holes. (There is about a planeload of money that's unaccounted for in Iraq. People were playing catch with $100,000 bricks of cash!) Reconstruction work isn't getting done, politically connected contractors are getting paid infinite money to do as close to zero as they can, energy companies are making obscene profits (I said six years ago that oil should just be at $45 per barrel - enough for a healthy margin and reasonable pump prices).



My favorite lie Bush said is that invading Iraq would be like a huge tax cut for the world in that its oil would be freely flowing again. Ha!

Answer 9

Dear sir,



I bash Rumsfeld. I bash Cheney. I bash Bush and his toadies. I certainly bash Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Roberts. I bash congress (but not my senators -- I'm from Oregon and Wyden's a great senator... and Smith does a decent job, too), but not as much as I bash the plethora of news outlets that all say the same thing with the only difference being whether they're spinning clockwise or counterclockwise. I bash corporations who subsidize the news and are intent on keeping the status quo of pollution and over-consumption to fill their coffers. I bash the ignorant citizens who buy into it (doubly so if they're proud of having dubious tastes). I bash city planners who have never seen a real city with an honest-to-God skyline and road constructors who have never seen a well-managed project with an honest-to-God timeline.



But I do not bash my own country.



See, my own country has a government that is of, by and for the people. My own country separates church and state, legality and morality. My own country believes in freedom of speech -- not just between citizens, but against the government to redress greivances. My own country believes in a freedom from proactive intrusion by the government into my civilian life. And if I were to actually break a law, my own country believes in following a due process of law for my country to redress its grievance against me because my own country operates on the rule of the law, not of transient elected men.



And while my own country may believe in maintaining military might as a deterrance from any enemy that would not want to risk its own destruction, my own country also knows that



"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron."



(For the record, Eisenhower -- republican, mind you -- said both things.)



That said, legally changing countries is really quite expensive... which is a significant part of why there are so many residents here in the USA listed as "illegal." That's why.

Answer 10

I AGREE... I AM SO SICK OF DEFENDING A BUNCH OF NON-AMERICANS. THEY AREN'T REAL AMERICANS.. THEY JUST CLAIM TO BE.. ALL THEY DO IS WHINE, CRY AND COMPLAIN... A NICE CHUNK OF MY CHECK GOES TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND WELFARE... THOSE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE BASHING THE COUNTRY... THEY NEED TO GO BACK TO THEIR OWN.. MAYBE IT WILL BE A LITTLE REMINDER WHY THEY CAME HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE..



I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THEIR "FREEDM OF SPEECH" AS FAR AS BASHING THIS COUNTRY. I DOUBT THAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH WAS EVER MEANT TO DEGRADE AMERICA. IT'S A MELTING POT OF FREEDOMS AND CULTURES... WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT? THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY GIVES THE MINORITY ENTIRELY TOO MUCH! COME ON... STOP WHINING OR GET OUT!!



IT'S ONE THING TO REALIZE WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT AND STRIVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE...



IT'S ANOTHER TO WHINE AND COMPLAIN... MOAN AND GROAN AND NOT GET OFF YOUR FAT REAR!



I SERVE MY COUNTRY IN THE ARMED FORCES... WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT? YOUR NOT THE ONE FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, RELIGION, OR ANYTHING ELSE? SO WHY SHOULD YOU GET TO RUN YOUR MOUTH?

Answer 11

get off your soapbox. it's a weak and absurd argument anyway.

first of all, these are the kinds of stereotypes that cause hate and mistrust. not all gays, atheists, muslim americans and african americans bash america. moreover, i am not gay, an atheist, muslim american or african american, but i have been critical of many american policies. yes, some people go about things the wrong way and just sit and gripe, but there is a lot wrong with america that we can fix.

i have so much more to say, but your ignorance disgusts me, so i'm done here.

Answer 12

Dude, we're freakin in stuck here. Do you possibly think that the average American could just up and go to some other country and restart their life? Do you think they could even afford it? I don't blame anyone for not wanting to live in a land where the rich get richer, and you have to have a certain amount of yearly income just to when a vacation or a car. Besides its realy the president we hate, not the country.

Answer 13

Because they have the constitutional right to do so. Isn't that what makes America great? And you have the constitutional right to ignore them if you don't like what you hear, or to answer their questions and state your opinion. We don't always like what we hear or see in the United States of America, but that is what freedom is all about. Go home or get out? That is about as close minded a comment as I've ever heard. I'm sure you take advantage of your freedom, why can't they?

Answer 14

And what is wrong with disagreeing with the Gov't? Federal or local? I mean, I thought America was about Freedom... I guess it isn't.



So when you served in the military and you stated that you were fighting for our Freedoms... did that only mean the Freedoms you wanted us to have? Or we're allowed to have those Freedoms so long as it agrees with your opinion? I'm not sure where you are going with this. It seems more and more people are restricting the Freedoms, such as Freedom of Speech, yet take full advantage of it themselves.



Oh, and Thank you for serving our Country. (I'm not a complete asshole)

Answer 15

Most people are unable to move because they don't have money because the economy sucks because of the war.



Just because someone doesn't like the politics of this country doesn't make them Anti-American. I can't stand Bush or his minions, but I am proud to be an American. I just wish this country would go back to it's roots; to why we're here in the first place.

Answer 16

They usually aren't BASHING their country, per se. Blindly following one’s own country is idiocy, not patriotism. We should all be very critical of our country that was constructed for the people, by the people.



And yes… people have the right to say whatever they want in America under the first amendment offering freedom of speech.

Answer 17

Um, dude, quick check... by bashing Americans, aren't you bashing America Right Now? Disagreeing with the government is an important freedom here. If you don't like that, go to china. Nobody disagrees with their government there, so if you like that sort of thing- go for it. Why bash on what makes your country great?

Answer 18

If you have a problem with people complaining about America you should leave. That is what this country is all about and has always been about. If people are displeased with the way things are going we have the right to voice our problems and seek to change it. If you don't like that then move to a country ruled by a dictator that way you won't have to put up with peoples complaints.

Answer 19

hey boy,,,,,,

do u wish , that if ur wife feels that u have bad body odour, shud leave u, , , , ,

never , if she loves u she will complain u of the same n might gift u a nice cologne, or body spray , , , ,

in the same way if americans or any other person bashing their own country , it doesnt meaan that they shud leave the place , , ,

they do this coz they dont want a bad name , , , , , , , ,

but they must do some thing that will bring good name n goodwill to their countries, , ,

i hope u will choose it as the best answerr, ,





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Answer 20

Yeah I don't really get it either. Everyday people are complaining on how this country sucks or how it blah blah blah. I'm Canadian living in the U.S so I guess it gives me no right to bash about America, but I would move back to Canada as soon as I'm old enough. Your country should be something that you consider your home unless it's one that is inbearable or unliveable.

Answer 21

One can be patriotic, love their country, even die for their country AND still not be blind to this nation's MANY faults. I'm African American AND Patriotic, i'v traveled to other nations and I realize that the U.S. really is the BEST country in the world. With this said, let me express what myself and others' beef with this country is. For one, this country's proudest mantra is "Liberty and Justice for ALL." Unfortunately, this really isn't the case for all of us. There is discrimation, poverty and rampant corruption in our Gov't. Also I think that this current administration is making America worse by risking the lives of our young men and women, to line the pockets of the Presidents and his family. All I basically want you to realize is that asking those in power questions about what they are doing, and criticizing this nation doesn't mean you hate it or oyu want to leave, it means you love this great land of ours and you know it could be better

Answer 22

An ex coworker said that, if he were drafted, he would leave to Canada. I told him I would help him pack and tell hm to never come back. You don't deserve freedon of you're not willing to fight for it and let someone else do it for you.

Some have freedom of speech and they're welcome to use it, but the issue I have is throwing the blame on the presidents and government, expecting them to solve all their problems.

The modern society is becoming two systems now -

"I" society

"what have you done for me lately" society.



The Bible says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. When the Lord is not reverenced, what can you expect?

Answer 23

well at least you have a democracy and the US is a pretty big place... the other day our minister of safety and security told citizens of our country to leave - immigrate somewhere else, if they felt that the crime situation in our country was too bad... the fact is our crime rate is off the highest in the world.

I think the real issue is that its not about being proud/patriotic of your country but being able to promote righteoussness and justice to all in and through your life

Answer 24

We love our country OK, its is our attempt in "BASH"ing as you put it to make it better. though our counrty is the best here (i think we can all agree on that) it still is not perfect. so how do we make it perfect by reliezing what is wrong with it, and true many of us do it the wrong way make the whole look weak and easly overcame. but let me assure you of this, if we were ever invaded and wrongly wronged (yes we were wronged in 9-11, and we got our retailiation, and many of us feel its time for us to leave) we would waste no time in wreaking revenge.

Answer 25

"Ask not what your country can do for you, rather ask what you can do for your country." I think people see it as the other way around now. All people gripe about their country. Whichever that may be, but perhaps they are too poor, too afraid, or too ignorant to either LEAVE, or too LAZY to make a difference. Lead by example or follow by choice.

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Answer 26

Becasue a lot of people are mad and bored at thier own lives and dont have the balls to make a change or atleast try to make change,a dn they need somebody to blame it on and what is the easiet thing to blame............something that can not be narrowed down to a specific incident or person b/c, lazy ****ng bastards

Answer 27

dang take a chill pill , some one must of really pissed you off .. :-)

I get frustrated that it take 3 different forms to get a damn driver license renewed to drive a f@#king car.And if it's late thy will penalizes my Ares.

where else can I get taxed 3 times for one thing? I don't hate this nation or the people who are in it. But I do think this place needs to change For Christians sake!!!

Answer 28

Why are you such a nationalist sheep? I complain about America at the time, because it's screwed up and crawling with statists who think they're entitled to my money or ordained to impose their morals on me . . . or both. And it's not supposed to be that way. Seeing as how I actually have a problem with being walked on, I'll keep on bashing. Thanks.

Answer 29

If you are tired of hearing all the complaining, why don't YOU leave?



And if you didn't like the government in Iraq, why are we there? Clearly there were none of those ooh so dangerous flat bed WMD trucks Colin Powell lied about.

Answer 30

I think you're forgetting that White Middle-Class Americans do it too... or is it just the scary different people?



O.o



I dont think you've thought your question through, so why dont you grow up and get a grip on reality?

Answer 31

Shut up. All those people you singled out are hoping to make America a better place, or save it from being degraded by jerks.

Answer 32

maybe they just feel sorry at how shallow our society's become. of course they love their country but they just share their opinion to try to better America. the only person bashing their country is YOU, by condemning our most important amendment, freedom of speech.

Answer 33

The very founders of this country were people who were bashing their government.



How can you defend national interests when the very people who started the country are what you oppose?

Answer 34

Um...have you met half the people in this country? Or seen who runs our government? The reasons that people bash them should be self explanatory.

Answer 35

Great question. I'm all for constructive criticism, but it saddens me to read the awful bashing from my fellow citizens. Bad enough others do it.

Answer 36

Because millions have died to give them the right to complain about their own country.

I don't agree with them at all, but I would hate to think everything our ancestors have done was in vain and we start kicking people out who complain about this country.



Hey No-Cheeks...I'm republican and I disagree with him. How about not stereotyping people...I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate it.

Answer 37

Because we can.



Ain't the first amendment great?



Go to Iran, call their president a murderin' ignorant thug and see how quick they land on you.

Answer 38

They have the right,(not the smartest thing in the world to do)



Still when you take the rights of one away it because easier to remove the rights of others.

Answer 39

It's easier to bash the known than unknown.

Answer 40

Because in a free society that was created by dissent its your right and obligation to "bash" what you think is wrong.

Answer 41

as soon as i have enuf cash, im gone too.

america is great, and i'm proud to be an american...

but some of our pollicies are ridiculus.. i am also

native to this continent, so the white man has killed my

people, so, i hate them. amsterdam, here i come!

Answer 42

I agree. People complain about America too much. If they are so miserable, they should move.

Answer 43

ditto brother. the do it only because they can! send them to Iran n let them see what happens to them if the protest what their leaders are doing. when they get back they kiss the ground when they get off the plane!

Answer 44

Because we love America, we want whats best for her.

Answer 45

freedom of speech, they should move to Iraq or Palestine we've got it good here but these fools are idiots

Answer 46

If you don't like us here why don't you leave. Go some where we are not. Free speech retard look it up.

Answer 47

It is our duty to question the way our country is run. If we don't question, we become blind to what is going on.

Answer 48

Freedom of speech is a joke seperation of church and state is a joke. fix those and maybe they wont complain!

Answer 49

Testify brother, your preaching to the choir. AMERICA: LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT.

Answer 50

they say america is the most ignorant country

Answer 51

probably too scared to leave the country. can't say i blame them either.

Answer 52

this is where you make your money i soon as i have alot of money im out im going to spain europe or argentina

Answer 53

Why do you hate America's diversity?

Answer 54

So, you are saying the Christians don't? Don't you all preach tolerance? I guess not...

Answer 55

Because its my country, too, and its my right to dissent.

Answer 56

Got that right!

Answer 57

You must vote republican.

Answer 58

You are a jackass.