Why do we, as Americans, constantly degrade ourselves?

I blame the self-depricating culture encouraged by the liberal press.

From the time we learn to read a newspaper, or watch the evening news, the liberal press is always attacking America to the point of being absurd. In their minds, we never do anything good enough. We could have been faster, more efficient, more sensitive, more competent, etc. When we overcome the daunting technological obstacles of flying a man to Mars, the liberal press will probably ignore the great achievement, and just comment snidely that a bunch of evil white men have sullied the pristine Martian surface with a few pieces of leftover space junk.

We liberate millions of people in Afghanistan and Iraq from tyranny, giving these people the chance to have a society based on human rights, personal dignity, freedom of choice, equality for women, but the liberal press just wants to do a body count, impugn our intentions, and cast doubt on our ability to succeed.

Americans want everything to be perfect, too perfect. We think that if we just tried harder, if we were just better people, we could rise to the occasion and transform the world into a paradise.

We also make the mistake of not standing up to foreigners who constantly denigrate us with their slimy, smug remarks. The French denounce Americans as being racist, but it is in America, not France, where the majority of legal immigrants have successfully been incorporated into society. As we've seen from the recently riots and car burnings all over Paris, the French have done a terrible job assimilating Muslims into society.

America's biggest problem is political correctness. For example, when there is a serial killer on the loose, and the suspect is a white male, 25-30 with short red hair and light, freckled skin, the police do not say, "Men, I don't want you singling out red haired guys for questioning. You have to question a cross-section of society, including dark skinned mexicans, asians, white haired grandmothers."

This would be absurd.

However, the concept of "racial profiling" at airports is a controversial topic? Why pat down Grandma Sally from Des Moines, Iowa when you know the subject is probably going to be a man, Middle Eastern, and foreign born? In our crazy, politically correct system, we randomly screen people, so Grandma Sally has to take off her shoes and have her bag searched while Akhmed waltzes right through security, smiling all the way.

Let's stop f****** ourselves.

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We don't, only the brainwashed morons do, so relax and enjoy this site as it was intended to be, which is fun and educational. Have a great weekend:)

seriously mate..dont blame yourself...maybe more that damnable government in my opinion..you guys need a new leader and just dont go hard on yourself..but anyway..being 13 i wouldnt know much.....

You are in charge of your own life. Change the pattern if you don't like it.