Recent questions tagged america

Description : Do you consider Florida to be a Southern state?

Last Answer : Yes I feel Florida is a Southern State in the US. I am a traditionalist in my way of thinking on this (right or wrong). I still consider anything south of the Mason Dixon line “the South”.

Description : Which of the (United) States are you from?

Last Answer : Kansas. We grow shit. Wheat, cotton, maize, corn, you name it. Not so good at getting diggy with it politically or socially, although last governor election we elected a dem. That was good. But she’s still trying to clean up the mess Brownback left.

Description : In theory, how would white Americans protest if they have the same grievances as the BLM?

Last Answer : Well, we saw some of that on January 6th. They showed an impressive amount of maturity and restraint. ~

Description : How much do you love America as a nation and why?

Last Answer : On a scale of 1 to 10, I would say 0 (zero). What does it even mean to love a “nation”?

Description : Do you think the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution is what racist people rely on to continue slavery in America present day?

Last Answer : Of course we were never told about it. It would have defeated the purpose of all of the “America is the greatest country in the world” propaganda we were all brought up on. And in my opinion that’s what it is. Propaganda.

Description : Why is being old a pejorative in our culture?

Last Answer : And why are saggy tits on older women fair game for crude jokes?

Description : Is it broadly true that the right looks to individuals and cultural factors when explaining social ills and seeking solutions to them while the left looks to systems and societal structures?

Last Answer : I agree with C. They’re both on to something.

Description : Have you noticed a lack of sympathy for Asians from other minorities?

Last Answer : The idea that “non white” minorities are competing among themselves to be the whitest is absurd. The lack of sympathy you haven’t noticed would, if it existed, be absurd too but racism isn’t based on reasoning.

Description : Who invented the term LatinX and do you like it?

Last Answer : I don’t have any strong opinions on it one way or the other, but I’m a white Jew.

Description : What period in US history are you most interested in learning more about?

Last Answer : All of them.

Description : What do the stars on the American flag mean (details inside)

Last Answer : I doubt that one in a million Americans could answer that question. It's probably to be found out there somewhere, though, maybe in a biography of Betsy Ross or literature on the history of ... of doing something was not really a priority with the early Americans. They were pretty tough cookies.

Description : Were horses native to America?

Last Answer : The ones native to North America went extinct a long time ago, and what we have now was brought in during the Spanish Conquest it seems.

Description : What was the use of the US fighting the Cold War with the USSR now that America seems fine with embracing Putin?

Last Answer : dear lord

Description : Is the USA a bully?

Last Answer : Self appointed hall monitor,then yup.

Description : Why did some American women before and during 1920 didn’t support women’s right to vote?

Last Answer : Their husbands and fathers brainwashed them into thinking they weren’t good enough or smart enough to vote.

Description : Any tax laws we should know about?

Last Answer : That sounds new to me… What’s a “long-term” capital gain for that purpose?

Description : How do you think Putin sees American voters right now and the country as a whole?

Last Answer : Fourth graders.

Description : What will it take to unite America again?

Last Answer : Much of that unity is really myth - and that's ok. When people are calling for unity and bipartisanship, it's really a call for the elimination of dissent. There is nothing wrong with acknowledging ... described as being divided or troubled . However, these are really the most healthy of times.

Description : Would it really be bad for America if other nations end up ruled by dictators?

Last Answer : The US not only does not police the world to prevent dictatorships, it actively supports most of them through Foreign Military Financing, and openly trades with even more than those. ... authoritarianism. US disengegement would end in fewer dictatorships, and likely a much more peaceful world.

Description : Are most if not all serial killers in America white men?

Last Answer : Yep. And most sexual assaults are perpetuated by white men, too, although that seems to be changing.

Description : Do you think Americans who detest big government find this shutdown useful?

Last Answer : Why would they? What benefit would they see?

Description : Why didn’t Americans continue territorial expansion claiming the entire South American countries below?

Last Answer : Probably because those countries had already been under the rule of Spain and Portugal since the 16th century and attempting to conquer settled lands with a long history of colonialism by another country ... the same language was not worth the effort. Americans did gain lands from Mexico, though.

Description : Do many Americans know what Maneki Neko, the beckoning cat figurine is?

Last Answer : I know of it. I know that it’s Japanese, not Chinese, though I have seen it in both Japanese and Chinese stores and restaurants.

Description : Are all these news items re. toddlers killing family members for real?

Last Answer : The shootings are accidents. These kids are not aiming. For instance, the dad who was shot, his kid was probably trying to bring the gun to him, to play together. If kid was going to climb onto ... theirself to a hospital, and can't seem to identify their attacker or exactly where they were shot.

Description : What are some misconceptions that you see around the world about American people?

Last Answer : That they are all white, fat, obnoxious, rich, cheap, in your face religious, Trump supporting , tourists .

Description : If all the white American supremacists discovered they have black or brown ancestry would they have a change of heart?

Last Answer : I doubt it. Most likely they would just dismiss the biological realities and just go with outward appearance and other superficial things. A few of them might be shaken. There is so much talk that ... white supremacist and I initially thought how did he ever get accepted? But, they did accept him.

Description : What is white American culture?

Last Answer : And before anyone leaps in to cry, there is no single white culture!!!!', note that there is also no single Arab culture or Japanese culture, but asking about them wouldn't get people freaked out. Part ... officer. If the subject is white, no mention need be made. If not, their race is spelled out.

Description : What is going on in Honduras and Guatemala that the people from there can be granted asylum in the United States?

Last Answer : The CIA Fact Book says: Honduras: Refugees and internally displaced persons: IDPs: 190,000 (violence, extortion, threats, forced recruitment by urban gangs) (2017) Guatemala: Refugees and internally displaced ... Guatemala City, though I don't know that there are refugees to the USA as a result.

Description : Can we all agree on Scandinavia?

Last Answer : They were better when they were Vikings, raping and pillaging.

Description : Is not being a minority a fundamental part of being white in America?

Last Answer : White majority is not determined in terms of numbers. For many many decades, whites were a minority in terms of numbers in a number of states, yet still controlled everything from top to ... that it occurs in rural white communities in the midwest it is considered a crisis worthy of intervention.

Description : Why do we not sing the 3rd and 4th verses of the Star Spangled Banner?

Last Answer : We don’t even sing the second verse. And, at the request of US Television, they don’t play the whole tune of the first verse at the Olympics; they play a shortened version.

Description : Are you surprised at the amount of racism in the U.S.?

Last Answer : Not at all. But having lived this long, and witnessed the strides in my lifetime, I truly believe the shelf life of this particular stupidity to be predictably limited.

Description : Have you read "My Family's Slave" by Alex Tizon? What are your thoughts about it?

Last Answer : Yes I read it last week. I’m not going to share my thoughts at this time.

Description : Can someone explain what's up with the tipping culture in America?

Last Answer : To impress a pretty young girl woman.

Description : What did North Carolina change about House Bill 2 (public bathrooms/transgenders)?

Last Answer : It has not been repealed. This is window dressing.

Description : Do Neil deGrasse Tyson and Stephen Hawking and others differ about the black hole?

Last Answer : answer:There is not one single Black Hole, but potentially many many. In general, astrophysicists do not disagree on black holes, but they may have different interpretations of the data related to one. And ... circling a black hole at a speed of 1/10th the speed of light, which is incredibly fast.

Description : What did Trump see as an evidence or indication that Trump tower was bugged during the campaign?

Last Answer : He seems to have been “inspired” to tweet his hateful nonsense after learning about a conspiracy theory propagated by the Alt-right publication Breitbart News. Which is to say no evidence at all.

Description : What did Trump mean when he said "foot prints in other planets" ?

Last Answer : I hope so.

Description : What is wrong with what Senator Elizabeth Warren quoted according to the Senate rule 19?

Last Answer : Nothing is wrong with it. Conservatives stifled an honest description of their racist behavior.

Description : Would you consider America to be an empire?

Last Answer : Can an empire be in place minus an emperor?

Description : Why has the result of the American presidential election 2016 not been invalidated yet?

Last Answer : You need to fix your triple negative.

Description : Why would there be such a thing as being against capital punishment but pro abortion?

Last Answer : answer:I am pro choice, not pro abortion. I am against capital punishment. Whole countries (Canada for example) run on that combination and it makes sense to me. ___ Abortion/miscarriage is not a ... find a polite way to explain how I feel about attempts to conflate abortion and a capital crime.

Description : During the last 40 years in America which party has been in favor of open trade?

Last Answer : answer:I would say the Republicans have had consistent support for free trade. I found this comment in an article online All of the eleven free trade agreements on which Congress has voted ... near-unanimous support of House Republicans, who backed ratification more than 91 percent of the time.

Description : Who won the debate between VP candidates Tim Kaine and Mike Pence?

Last Answer : answer:I am supporting Hillary. Pence won the debate, because Kaine was quite annoyingly interrupting every question. Pence had a smooth radio voice, and seemed in better control. Kaine, however, ... checkers are able to point out the hundreds of misrepresentations and flat out lies Pence made.

Description : Is the job of a moderator for 2016 US presidential election debate very difficult?

Last Answer : I mean Is the job of a presidential election’s moderator difficult? I flagged it

Description : Isn't voting for Jill Stein or Gary Johnson like voting for Trump?

Last Answer : answer:Some people would say voting for them is like voting for Hillary. Depends on where you live. A significant showing by either of them demonstrates that neither party has convinced the electorate. Lincoln was a third party candidate in 1860.

Description : What do you think of this excerpt?

Last Answer : It is somewhat accurate, although it was written in the 1960s by Kurt Vonnegut.

Description : Why does Putin want Trump to win instead Clinton?

Last Answer : As I see it, Trump would be the best choice for President for any of our enemies, especially Russia. Trump would ultimately would give Putin the perfect excuse to push the nuclear button and blow all of us all to hell.

Description : Did Gingrich not see that Ted Cruz meant there are 4 candidates to chose from, including the Green Party and the Libertarian party?

Last Answer : answer:Think you missed the point of Ted Cruz’s speech. It was to confirm and back TRUMP for president It was at the GOP convention not the “everybody” convention.

Description : Is it odd to you that men in America still need to sign up for Selective Service?

Last Answer : I’m really out of touch. I thought both men and women were required to sign up.