Originally Posted by Frownland

In America, we believe that there are two sides to every story. And only two sides. Gray areas don't exist and issues are never complex. In America, it's important to make sure that your side is right at all costs, nevermind what the truth suggests. In America, we get bored with being upset about poverty, corruption, or violence and instead invent imaginary demons to cry about. In America, we mindlessly parrot cannons as absolute truths without considering if they're even partial truths. In America, challenging the status quo is absolutely status no. In America, you can curse your country and declare your love for it in the same breath. In America, it's more important to figure out who to blame for problems instead of figuring out ways to fix them. In America, we figure out what our opinion is on subjects that we're not informed about and find what information fits in nicely with it. In America, louderer is more righterer. In America, we think that being a victim is fun. In America, we know that the victim is always at fault. In America, it's more important to not be that guy than to be yourself.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.