What is "American Shaming?"

[gobsmacked3]

Let us play a game of Word Association:

'Americans'

Ignorant....
Arrogant......
Racist.....
Power hungry....
Gun totting.....
Always right....

Etc..Etc..Etc..

Predominantly negative stereotypes with no basis emanating from people from the outside World.

The delicious irony found in most of what they label Americans applying to them. One could so far to claim it taps into a form of 'shaming' that runs rampant but never gets mention

'American Shaming.'

Most will scoff at the mere suggestion, telling me to 'chill the fuck out' while dismissing it as belonging in the hysterical basket next to 'Drake shaming', 'pet shaming' and 'salad shaming.'

My sarcasm aside, think of the validity of this for a sec.

With its basis centring around how violently regular American folks are misrepresented. Everything about them is judged and sincerely ridiculed by their politics and actions on the World scene.

Case in point- the almost surreal current election between Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton.

Allow me to cue South Park if you are unfamiliar with the candidates.

Within this seeming farce, the outside World have held Americans accountable without realising they have next to zero control over candidates, let alone who gets in.

The greater reality is the candidate with the backing of the biggest bankroll get to run and usually rules. Meaning there might be numerous great leaders in waiting who remain faceless due to the lack of resources. More insidious is the candidates having a greater say over voter participation and relevance than voters do in making their vote count. Factor in the surgical dissection of borders through Gerrymandering and the American Political spectrum resembles a dogs dinner.

Despite this, the American people carry the can in the eyes of the outside world by being victimised because of it.

Why cannot we wade through what appears to be to view what is?

Or if we are going to base Americans on figureheads, why not base it on the ones who have inspired and touched the World in positively inspiring manners? Names such as Jack Kerouac, Maya Angelou, Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, Cal Ripken, Abigail Adams with the list being endless. If you want a contemporary one, switch on your TV and bask in the humble greatness of Michael Phelps.

My rant aside, time to lose the unfair victimisation and associated 'shaming' by seeing Americans for what they really are.

A welcoming people of real passion and wisdom.

[Mustachekitteh]

To me the gun thing is 100% correct and you see them EVERY WHERE!

The rest of that does apply to every other country in the world too.

We may accept other cultures into the USA but we don't try to have anyone know about them. We don't have different kinds of restaurants all over the place that are from different countries. We don't have items in grocery stores that are truly from another country like you would see in Europe. It's hard to find true info about what's going on in other countries. The USA is actually blocked off from other peoples cultures but we let people from other cultures here.

[Waffles731]

Thanks for this take

[gobsmacked3]

my pleasure

[Justme12]

When I first started reading this, I thought, "what the hell, he's going to bash us for, what reason? " Like most people do is jump to conclusions, without fully evaluating the whole subject. Much like many here are doing about our presidential candidates.
I personally have been following the 2 candidates for decades. (Yes because I'm old). In the last 7 years I've seen a lot of wrong happening, much like I heard about and read about, back in the 50s. I've watched my people blame one for the outcome of our nation / world without looking into the past, or what lead us to our situation. I believe most find it easy to blame, rather than to, find out why and fix. Who is so much better then why.
Well I do look as far back to see what got us to the point we are all complaining about. My whole family was one political party, where when I first signed up and was asked which party I was in, I responded, the opposite of what my family was. When they heard, I was ridicule about my decision. Hell I was even told, that's not how we raised you. Lol. Now I did know back then, that was the direction I was going. After years of watching, and asking many questions, the most common was simply, Why? By hearing the answers with listening to the news, and watching what happened to us as a nation for each thing that happened, lead me to my decision. Since my younger days, I found that I believed I was right in my pick and have proved most of it to my family. Father, mother, all but one sibling, cousins and a bunch of friends too. All of which switched over.
Now with all my evaluations throughout the years, I believe that both parties have pulled the plug on their people. The Democrats rigging an election and turning on their number 1 candidate. The Republican Party turning on their number 1 candidate, and speaking poor of him, I have been rethinking our system.
When we first started, politicians did what they did as a service to our country. Doing the job with pride and without pay. The job of a politician was to help support the people of our country. Since then our politicians have distorted what they were supposed to do. They all seam to believe that each of them, (which ever party) are privileged, and above the people they were to represent.
I believe, because of this, we are seeing the start of a new revolution. I believe we will be going back to what our forefathers have set up for us.
It's just a shame we are looked down on, when we are so willing to help so many.

[gobsmacked3]

Awesome response- thank you so much

[Justme12]

I like to just say it like it is.

[renogaza]

in my opinion i don't actually dislike all Americans, just the deluded over-patriotic types who believe that their government is a manifestation of angels descending from heaven, and pretty much hate everyone who talk about the truth of America and call them blasphemous devils among other things

there are good people in America, the ones who actually have sensible minds and can see past the bullsh*t, but there are countless idiots in America as well and they shout louder than most, they protect the government and the tripe digit organizations who do not deserve to be protected and only deserve to be sentenced for their countless war-crimes and crimes against humanity

they have yet to answer for their crimes in ww2, Japan went to war with America because America made a massive commercial trade embargo against japan which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands due to starvation, while the American's excuse was that japan was gaining too much power over the east it was actually England who asked japan to quell the conflicts that were started by the Disappearance of the Last Emperor which led to the Destabilization of the Chinese Monarchy and the following Civil War and Manchurian Conflict, Japan did as England asked because they were once allies and were part of the "Big Five" which were the most influential powers of the League of Nations (the primordial United Nations of the time), the atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima which I've had people here on gag tell me was actually the right thing to do (killing is never right no matter if you're the good guy or the bad guy) and they just committed mass genocide, 600,000+ people died instantly and brought forth the dreaded nuclear age, they were the first and hopefully the last victims of nuclear detonations but they have been traumatized by it to this day

the Nuclear Age has since brought forth the Cold War and forced all the superpowers to amass nuclear weapons, which by the time the iron curtain was dismantled amounted to 67,800+ nukes - we only need 61,500 to reset the world, and now the world is in constant fear of the power the stupid superpowers have amassed, the world can end with a single press of a button, and the Zero Sum Game will commence.

[renogaza]

and since then the Vietnam War which was originally started by France to prevent Vietnam from gaining independence, America sided with France and started the war by faking an attempted attack on the USS Maddox - DD 731 by a Vietnamese torpedo boat that never existed, America is responsible for the countless deaths brought

then we have the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, the Iran War, the Bangladesh War and all the others that erupted because of America's thirst for Oil, the wars were orchestrated by the CIA (who oversteps their bounds all the time) and executed by the government who bullshit the Military and the American people into thinking that they have to go to war with the Muslims, and to reinforce their influence they blew up the World Trade Center which was never even hit by planes but had 3 floors cleared for "renovations" and had powerful explosives embedded into the columns, -

[renogaza]

- jet fuel can't melt steel beams after all, and so the WTC was "bombed" and the footage was falsified so that the American's could bullshit their way into arguably the largest and most expensive war they have ever started, which of course ended with the Sleeper Cells the CIA created activating themselves and forming the most dangerous terrorist organization the world has ever known.

then we have all the heinous crimes the CIA has started, lets start with MK-Ultra shall we, an operation that with the help of the Institutions we're supposed to trust like Hospitals, Medical Centers, Mental Asylums, Red Cross Centers, etc, to help test effects of known deceases that already have cures in controlled environments as well as perform long term mind control techniques (yes its not a myth)

[renogaza]

i could go on with the crimes the CIA and FBI has made but i would properly never be able to fill it all in here, America's presidents may control its government but as far as its government is concerned they are just figureheads, the government and triple digit organizations will never tell them anything because if they were ever forced to the presidents would all end up like John F. Kennedy.

[renogaza]

note: i apparently made quite a few typo's, please try to correct them yourselves because its gonna confuse everyone if i do it, sry for the inconvenience.

also i'm waiting for all the bashers to come at me for saying all this as they always used to last time i said this sort of thing, all i have to say is - bring it on. =_=

[Flurr]

Well it's like America is the only country in the world people talk shit about lol. What I find funny though is how the American people are right back to where they were at as a colony, they have allowed their government to get too big, too controlling and unfair. If the majority of people were 'true americans' they would put their money where they're mouth is an change how politics work in their country instead of just throwing up their hands and give up because they don't think anything can be done.

[gobsmacked3]

very hard to change the powers that be without full on revolution

[Flurr]

So then, America isn't really a democracy now is it.

[gobsmacked3]

That goes without saying with it a Democracy in name alone. It is more a case of who has the money has the power

[Flurr]

Isn't it sad though, that all those people who fought and died for freedom and it turns out to be all for nothing. America could have remained a British Colony and be in the same position they are in today. Also, any American that preaches freedom to those abroad or boasts about their own "freedoms" wouldn't that make those people hypocrites?

[gobsmacked3]

It is sad and in my view insidious. You see on here the older Generation still questioning things and being critical but the younger more embrace token acceptance or worse are influenced by the frequent lies or subverted truths. as a teacher of over 20 years experience, i firmly believe that the 'faceless power brokers' have made a decision to subtly dumb down the populous through the lessening of standards. With this allowing more insidious things to go through with few questioning it

[Flurr]

That's exactly what my dad has said for years, he's turning 77 and was born in Michigan. The rich and powerful has had a plan for the young and fragile. Great take.

[gobsmacked3]

The trade off is very clever in its manipulation. With them showcasing how they are offering education for more people but the standards are lessened

[Flurr]

I know eh, as long as it looks good on the surface than the people will never know the difference. That goes for a lot of things too.

[Flurr]

And not just America

[gobsmacked3]

Oh, indeed it is everywhere

[Phoenix98]

@Flurr America is a republic not a democracy that seems to get confused a lot.

[Flurr]

@Phoenix98 True but their process to elect is suppose to be democratic.

[Phoenix98]

True.

[Phoenix98]

To be honest with you if people want to shame us go right ahead because for decades we stopped giving a fuck a long time ago. What do the opinions of ignorant foreigners who have never stepped foot on our soil and brainwashed by the media matter to us?

FYI I do know your true feelings as I read at the bottom ^^

This is what America means to a lot of us actual American's though.

https://youtu.be/l1YUNjJiTpE

And for every negative stereotype people love to spout about us all it takes is a single event like 911 to prove every single one of em wrong. when the twin towers fell, people of all shapes, sizes, colors and creed banded together from every corner of the country to help out, whites, blacks, latino, the rich, the poor, people normally at each others throats, we all put aside our differences to work toward the common good/goal and that's one of the great things about this country.

[outmyroom]

Listen up you anti-Christian Irish dude. Go home and drink your cheap beer and pray to the god you don't believe in that Boris Johnson doesn't invade your country like Churchill should have 80 years ago.

[gobsmacked3]

Jameson not beer :)

[outmyroom]

I'm really sorry excuse me for my lack of knowledge of the extensive Irish history. I give thee my most sincere apologies.

[gobsmacked3]

No need, and my TAKE is praising Americans, rather than knocking you

[outmyroom]

I'm attacking you because your anti-Christian.

[gobsmacked3]

Anti-religion more to the point, I used to be a devout Catholic

[Djaaaaaay]

Outmyroom. I know your only 17. But that reply was very rude to some one who is really glorifying our great nation. He's on our side

[outmyroom]

Well Catholicism brings me everything and I'm sorry it didn't do the same to you

[outmyroom]

@Djaaaaaay I'm really confused by your comment

[gobsmacked3]

My dream was to be a Priest, but after there were so many cases of Priests abusing kids and worse the Church covering it up that was it for I

[outmyroom]

Those are just select individuals who weren't following their path. A majority of priests are good people.

[gobsmacked3]

But the Church covered it- that was pure Evil

[outmyroom]

Maybe they didn't know exactly what was going on. I've never heard of stuff like that happen here in the states if so very rarely.

[gobsmacked3]

It happened before you were born- Google it, it was extensive and insidious.

[Djaaaaaay]

The guy is showing us how others out side our nations looks at us and how they perceive Americans to be like.. That's all... I'm not mad at you... Just wanted to point that out that's all thanks for replying back...,

[Justme12]

@gobsmacked3. I just wanted to say, thanks for your look on our situation and being so kind and understanding.

[Justme12]

I was raised a devout catholic too. Growing up a Catholic we were basically forced to study every bit of the religion. Maybe it's because of that I've studied many religions throughout my life. And even though I am a Christian. I also have troubles with religion, and their leaders.

After all, we had the Pope tell our president that we shouldn't be building walls. Instead we should be building bridges. Which I found ironic. Considering that our proposal to build a wall on our Southern border comma was too block corruption as well as stop any Islamic terrorists from answering and hurting our people. One of the same reasons that there is a 50 foot high wall around the Vatican. The city in which the pope lives. And the walls, which were built to keep Muslims from killing the Pope.

My whole life I've Been Told to study and pay attention to history.

For history repeats itself.

[Justme12]

There were over 50 priests in the United States that would involve in sexually abusing Altar Boys and/or children within their Parish. The cover-up is a big part of what opened my eyes. Remember religion is man made, and man makes many mistakes. Personally I just follow God.

[Viperkiss]

Ah some good old Christian rudeness and insults.

"Those who don't believe should be treated with insults; those who praise the positive of your nation shal be told it's a shame their nation wasen't invaded and subjugated."
Jesus

[gobsmacked3]

@Justme12 Always loved Americans and America since my first visit there in 83

[Fathoms77]

I completely agree that a surprising number of people outside this country hold to either archaic or wildly inaccurate stereotypes.

At the same time, we SHOULD be ashamed of our presidential candidates. That's just downright embarrassing.

[gobsmacked3]

but they are outside your control :(

[Fathoms77]

Well, of course. Sadly.

[gobsmacked3]

The great irony is if you want the great definition of feigned democracy- USA

[HarvestMoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M

[gobsmacked3]

Good video ;)

[Justme12]

@gobsmacked3. I think this is one of the better posts I've seen here, possibly the best.

[gobsmacked3]

@Justme12 Sir, thank you for the kind words

[jacquesvol]

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Why did all those villains in the World put their countries so close to American bases?
www.converge.org.nz/.../image002.jpg

They certainly have a mean hidden agenda!

[smølf]

The Americans system, and people overall sucks as it does in most nations.

As a whole Americas sucks, as does all nations as groups. As individuals however, Americans is just as diverse and any other nation, very fat people very skinny people, very healthy people very unhealthy people etc. etc.

Of course you have some national characteristics, but even those are very diverse.

[AynonOMouse]

I don't care what foreigners think because I'm a gun toting American and there ain't S#!* they can do about it. Yeah! USA #1

[DonaldTrump2016]

American shaming is what I've done to Lying Ted Cruz, Boring Jeb Bush, Little Marco Rubio and come November Crooked Hillary Clinton. When it comes to America shaming I rarely lose.

[Anonymous]

It happens to literally every nation and every religion and every race.

[Dimmu]

I don't judge a person by the actions made by others
Each to his own

[ThatBritishLad]

Isn't every nationality poked fun at?

[gobsmacked3]

not like America (n)

[ThatBritishLad]

I miss the Empire :(

[Kylesar]

Haters gonna hate
That's how I see it

[soulbabe]

um thanks

[soulbabe]

for calling me and my home Ignorant...
Arrogant...
Racist...
Power hungry...
Gun totting...

[soulbabe]

you do know we are not all racist or merger ass holes just like Australians aren't red necks

[soulbabe]

and just becuss i feel like offending every one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZOOm7NdTqo

[gobsmacked3]

they are the stereotypes, not my thoughts. My thoughts are at the end ;)

[soulbabe]

ya im actually dont offended at all lol i just wanted to insult every one now lol

[gobsmacked3]

I was very scared :(

[soulbabe]

why wore you scared?

[gobsmacked3]

you were about to beat me up ;)

[soulbabe]

i can't your to far to punch lol and i dont have a need to beat you

[Djaaaaaay]

Soulbabe. He's showing us how others out side the US are shaming America , that's all...

[soulbabe]

@Djaaaaaay i just said i wasn't mad

[Djaaaaaay]

Nah... I know it's shot subject , but he's showing us about others thoughts. So it's all good... Just wanted to point that out. Thanks for replying !!

[soulbabe]

@Djaaaaaay

[soulbabe]

Um ok i know what he was doing lol

[Anonymous]

Racist country.