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Posted at September 27, 2013, 4:45 pm:


I don't think any other bit of US uber-jingoism gets up my nose more than this phrase.

What's the problem? The problem is the The.

To me, this phrase has stepped over that all important line. The line that divides:

(a) The undauntable optimism and national pride that helps keep any country-of-the-day on the crest of the wave.

-and-

(b) The kind of "we're on top so our way must be best" blinkered insularity which promotes external hate and equally skewed internal judgement calls.

Any State-siders here use this phrase? Anyone not see the problem with it? Any other free citizens of the world get pissed off by its over-simplicity?


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