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Originally Posted by Aleta
Why in the world would you ask if ALL American traditons are necessarily good traditions? Yes, they are
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Whoa, America has a deep history involving a lot of things. I won't go into it all but we have things like slavery, racism, women's rights, so on and so forth. If you think all American traditions are good traditions, then you are the enemy against everything for which a lot of people stand.
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Originally Posted by Aleta
I would say that the fact that you say that doesn't sound like you are an American
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I am a US citizen. I pay taxes. I participate in the political process.
My entire career has been dedicated to public service. I've served wounded veterans, contributed to the economic prosperity of the country (by serving the government and public at large), served to protect the public from frivolous lawsuits, etc. Outside of my professional career, I've marched on the Capital to promote women's rights, cancer awareness, and a plurality of other social causes.
Does that still not make me an "American"? What else do I have to do? Is there a list somewhere?
What have you done that makes you an "American", or is that something you're born with?
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Originally Posted by Aleta
You must have had an idea of some traditions that aren't necessarrily good traditions to say that. Would you like to elaborate and maybe state the ones you don't care for/
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Let's see. You have women's rights, racism, gender treatment, how the political system is biased against outsiders, tax codes are complicated, lack of understanding of the American legal system in general by Americans who are supposed to be the ones that voted for people who passed these laws, lack of cultural awareness, lack of foreign language skills, lack of comprehension on the impact of globalization, etc.
Need I go on?