American exceptionalism was always a lie; name an “un-American” practice, and I'll show you a piece of American foreign policy.
replyViolations of the US Bill of Rights.
replyYes they occur. Yes the US does it. Every violation of it should have lost in court already but courts have a way of interpreting things based on their beliefs rather than original intent.
A lie, or an ideal to try and live up to, depending on the context. In the context of discussing liberty-destroying privacy invasions it's an ideal, and we should not be so quick to dismiss it.
reply>Just because other countries do something isn't a justification to bring the practice into the U.S.
replyI need to know whether these other countries are rich western europe before I know whether to agree with you or to cook up some snide rebuttal.
Joking, obviously. And by "joking" I mean mocking a specific type of person and set of beliefs that is who is a) bad b) too common around here.