American Exceptionalism

[kwc57]

American Exceptionalism. Your thoughts? Discuss.

American exceptionalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exceptionalism

Gateway Pundit

Sean Hannity: You said about Barack Obama that he is projecting weakness to America’s enemies. Expand on that.

Dick Cheney: Well, I think most of us believe and most presidents believe and talk about the truly exceptional nature of America. Our history, where we come from, our belief in our Constitutional values and principles. Our advocacy for freedom and democracy and the fact that we’ve provided it for millions of people all over the globe and so unselfishly. There’s never been a nation like the United States of America in world history. And, yet when you have a president that goes around and bows to his host and proceeds to apologize profusely for the United States, I find that deeply disturbing. That says to me there’s a guy who doesn’t fully understand or share that view of American exceptionalism that I think most of us believe in.

 

[uscitizen]

Yeah we provide democracy around the world whether they want it or not.
and if a million or so of them die in the process, well that is just the price of Americanized democracy.

 

[geauxtohell]

"(Enter country here) exceptionalism" leads nations to disaster.

Nice to see Cheney is a big advocate for it though. Considering that he was the intellectual force behind one of the worst administrations in American history.

 

[rightwinger]

Sean Hannity: You said about Barack Obama that he is projecting weakness to America’s enemies. Expand on that.

Dick Cheney: Well, I think most of us believe and most presidents believe and talk about the truly exceptional nature of America. Our history, where we come from, our belief in our Constitutional values and principles. Our advocacy for freedom and democracy and the fact that we’ve provided it for millions of people all over the globe and so unselfishly. There’s never been a nation like the United States of America in world history. And, yet when you have a president that goes around and bows to his host and proceeds to apologize profusely for the United States, I find that deeply disturbing. That says to me there’s a guy who doesn’t fully understand or share that view of American exceptionalism that I think most of us believe in.

Wow! Thats quite a mouthful coming from a man who advocated torture in the name of the USA, who demanded false intelligence to justify bringing his country into a war.

Exceptionalism like that we can do without

 

[Si modo]

The USA is exceptional. Just call me jingo Si modo - it rolls off the tongue nicely. I can think of no better country in the world and I have no problem with thinking that way. Sue me.

 

[amrchaos]

The USA is exceptional. Just call me jingo Si modo - it rolls off the tongue nicely. I can think of no better country in the world and I have no problem with thinking that way. Sue me.

Yes, America is exceptional, but we are not refering to the pride we have in our nation, but the dangerous concept of using American military might to shape the world into our own image.


AE foreign policies is the sign of political madness. That is all!!

 

[uscitizen]

All children think their dog is the biggest and can whip all the other ones.

 

[Samson]

American Exceptionalism. Your thoughts? Discuss.

American exceptionalism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

My thoughts are that any Pointed Headed Academian can post their Masters Thesis in Wikipedia.

The roots of the term are attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville,[2][unreliable source?] who claimed that the then-50-year-old United States held a special place among nations, because it was a country of immigrants and the first modern democracy. The term itself did not emerge until after World War II[3][unreliable source?][clarification needed][/QUOTE]

So...erm....in other words, the author made up the term "American Exceptionalism."

The theory of American exceptionalism has a number of opponents, especially from the Left.[6][7][8] They argue that the belief is "self-serving and jingoistic" (see slavery, civil rights and social welfare issues, Western betrayal, and the failure to aid Jews fleeing the Nazis),[1] that it is based on a myth,[9] and that "[t]here is a growing refusal to accept" the idea of exceptionalism both nationally and internationally

So, I'm supposed to believe that the USA is not a unique country, if I listen to "The Left," and that the entire earth has been infected with some stupidity virus that prevents them from being able to see the obvious: the USA IS VERY UNIQUE.

What bullshit. Some sadly misguided ditto-head wrote this.

 

[Oscar Wao]

I think there's delicious irony when Dick (how appropriate) Cheney talks about the Constitution.

That's like Hugo Chavez talking about the wonders of a free media.

 

[Si modo]

The USA is exceptional. Just call me jingo Si modo - it rolls off the tongue nicely. I can think of no better country in the world and I have no problem with thinking that way. Sue me.

Yes, America is exceptional, but we are not refering to the pride we have in our nation, but the dangerous concept of using American military might to shape the world into our own image.


AE foreign policies is the sign of political madness. That is all!!

I'm no believer in Newspeak definitions. I AM a believer in American exceptionalism. We are exceptional.

 

[Murf76]

"(Enter country here) exceptionalism" leads nations to disaster.

Nice to see Cheney is a big advocate for it though. Considering that he was the intellectual force behind one of the worst administrations in American history.

"American Exceptionalism" is not defined as a simple matter of national patriotism.
(Perhaps that's why the OP went to the trouble of providing links to better explain the term before entering into discussion.)

American Exceptionalism has more to do with the "exceptional" system of government our founders provided to us. This is a system which lacks the class devisions of typical governments of the age and emphasized the equality of the individual as well as his unalienable natural rights. It was the "exception" to the rule of the day.

And even now, it still has the potential to remain "exceptional". That is, if we can stop the socialist movement from destroying it.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

The American people and their values are exceptional. The corrupt and imperialistic American government is not.

 

[blastoff]

Funny how a place some don't consider to be very exceptional is the same place people from around the world want to relocate to, and have for generations.

 

[uscitizen]

Funny how a place some don't consider to be very exceptional is the same place people from around the world want to relocate to, and have for generations.

Yeah, New Zealand.

 

[Contessa_Sharra]

Yeah we provide democracy around the world whether they want it or not. and if a million or so of them die in the process, well that is just the price of Americanized democracy.

Wasn't that how the "Church" operated during the Inquisition?

 

[Samson]

Funny how a place some don't consider to be very exceptional is the same place people from around the world want to relocate to, and have for generations.

Wyoming.

 

[uscitizen]

Yeah we provide democracy around the world whether they want it or not. and if a million or so of them die in the process, well that is just the price of Americanized democracy.

Wasn't that how the "Church" operated during the Inquisition?

And the crusades.

And during the colonial period.

but aside from that, the USA is exceptionally militaristic.

 

[Truthmatters]

The USA is exceptional. Just call me jingo Si modo - it rolls off the tongue nicely. I can think of no better country in the world and I have no problem with thinking that way. Sue me.

We all love this country.

Some of us just want it to live up to its ideals.

Others seem fine with PRETENDING it does

 

[Contessa_Sharra]

Funny how a place some don't consider to be very exceptional is the same place people from around the world want to relocate to, and have for generations.

Not so much anymore. The example is contained in what countries "refugees" apply to go to for asylum. Our "most" group is from China, something they may find is a mistake, since China now owns our finances!

The future will be interesting.

 

[Contessa_Sharra]

Funny how a place some don't consider to be very exceptional is the same place people from around the world want to relocate to, and have for generations.

Yeah, New Zealand.

In my dreams, lol, and the thought when I first read your post...