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* There\'s a popular meme in American thought; historians call it [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism American exceptionalism.]] For instance, during the ColdWar, vicious gangs of bandits that the Soviets supported were \
* There\'s a popular meme in American thought; historians call it [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism American exceptionalism.]] For instance, during the ColdWar, vicious gangs of bandits that the Soviets supported were \
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* There\\\'s a popular meme in American thought; historians call it [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism American exceptionalism.]] For instance, during the ColdWar, vicious gangs of bandits that the Soviets supported were \\\"terrorists\\\", while vicious gangs of bandits that the Americans supported were \\\"freedom fighters\\\". When Pakistan creates a parallel system of secret military courts for terrorism suspects, it\\\'s an affront to freedom and democracy. When the United States does it, [[http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/22/detention it\\\'s just being pragmatic.]]
First, RL sections on negative tropes are, as always, a real bad idea. Second and more important, that\\\'s not what American exceptionalism is. American exceptionalism is the belief that America is unique in history -- not \\\'\\\'perfect\\\'\\\', just unique. Yes, there are some American exceptionalists who stop just short of saying everything the US does is okay, but the one doesn\\\'t imply the other.
* There\\\'s a popular meme in American thought; historians call it [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism American exceptionalism.]] For instance, during the ColdWar, vicious gangs of bandits that the Soviets supported were \\\"terrorists\\\", while vicious gangs of bandits that the Americans supported were \\\"freedom fighters\\\". When Pakistan creates a parallel system of secret military courts for terrorism suspects, it\\\'s an affront to freedom and democracy. When the United States does it, [[http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/04/22/detention it\\\'s just being pragmatic.]]
First, RL sections on negative tropes are, as always, a real bad idea. Second and more important, that\\\'s not what American exceptionalism is. American exceptionalism is the belief that America is unique in history -- not \\\'\\\'perfect\\\'\\\', just unique. Yes, there are some American exceptionalists who stop just short of saying everything the US does is okay, but the one doesn\\\'t imply the other.
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Good lord, it\'s been ONE DAY. Everyone here is talking like it\'s been months since the movie came out, and the page is locked and life is soooo unfair. It\'s been a day. A single freakin\' day. Are your fingers so itching to bash this movie that the effort of holding back for at least the \'\'opening weekend\'\' to pass is too much to bear? Rottentomatoes is not reliable at this point. Scores can and do change wildly in the first week or so as more and more critics start reviewing it. It was at 6% yesterday, it\'s at 9% today - that\'s a 33% increase in less than 24 hours. I doubt it\'s going to break 50% when the smoke clears, but maybe you can at least let the opening weekend play out before leaping in with a triumphant, barely-concealed \
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Good lord, it\\\'s been ONE DAY. Everyone here is talking like it\\\'s been months since the movie came out, and the page is locked and life is soooo unfair. It\\\'s been a day. A single freakin\\\' day. Are your fingers so itching to bash this movie that the effort of holding back for at least the \\\'\\\'opening weekend\\\'\\\' to pass is too much to bear? Rottentomatoes is not reliable at this point. Scores can and do change wildly in the first week or so as more and more critics start reviewing it. It was at 6% yesterday, it\\\'s at 9% today - that\\\'s a 33% increase in less than 24 hours. I doubt it\\\'s going to break 50% when the smoke clears, but maybe you can at least let the opening weekend play out before leaping in with a triumphant, barely-concealed \\\"ha HA, stupid movie sucks and the critics agree, yeah!\\\"
I personally don\\\'t care: I don\\\'t watch the series and I have no plans to see the movie. Which is precisely why it bugs me to see people so irrationally invested in this need to start the bashing right now, at this very second. Again, the movie has been out for less than a day. Why is it so essential to add \\\"Rottentomatoes says 9%\\\" at this very moment, except to satisfy your own schadenfreude?
I personally don\\\'t care: I don\\\'t watch the series and I have no plans to see the movie. Which is precisely why it bugs me to see people so irrationally invested in this need to start the bashing right now, at this very second. Again, the movie has been out for less than a day. Why is it so essential to add \\\"Rottentomatoes says 9%\\\" at this very moment, except to satisfy your own schadenfreude?
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Good lord, it\'s been ONE DAY. Everyone here is talking like it\'s been months since the movie came out, and the page is locked and life is soooo unfair. It\'s been a day. A single freakin\' day. Are your fingers so itching to bash this movie that the effort of holding back for at least the \'\'opening weekend\'\' to pass is too much to bear? Rottentomatoes is not reliable at this point. Scores can and do change wildly in the first week or so as more and more critics start reviewing it. It was at 6% yesterday, it\'s at 9% today - that\'s a 33% increase in less than 24 hours. I doubt it\'s going to break 50% when the smoke clears, but maybe you can at least let the opening weekend play out before leaping in with a triumphant, barely-concealed \
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Good lord, it\\\'s been ONE DAY. Everyone here is talking like it\\\'s been months since the movie came out, and the page is locked and life is soooo unfair. It\\\'s been a day. A single freakin\\\' day. Are your fingers so itching to bash this movie that the effort of holding back for at least the \\\'\\\'opening weekend\\\'\\\' to pass is too much to bear? Rottentomatoes is not reliable at this point. Scores can and do change wildly in the first week or so as more and more critics start reviewing it. It was at 6% yesterday, it\\\'s at 9% today - that\\\'s a 33% increase in less than 24 hours. I doubt it\\\'s going to break 50% when the smoke clears, but maybe you can at least let the opening weekend play out before leaping in with a triumphant, barely-concealed \\\"ha HA, stupid movie sucks and the critics agree, yeah!\\\"
I personally don\\\'t care: I don\\\'t watch the cartoon and I have no plans to see the movie. Which is precisely why it bugs me to see people so irrationally invested in this need to start the bashing right now, at this very second. Again, the movie has been out for less than a day. Why is it so essential to add \\\"Rottentomatoes says 9%\\\" at this very moment, except to satisfy your own schadenfreude?
I personally don\\\'t care: I don\\\'t watch the cartoon and I have no plans to see the movie. Which is precisely why it bugs me to see people so irrationally invested in this need to start the bashing right now, at this very second. Again, the movie has been out for less than a day. Why is it so essential to add \\\"Rottentomatoes says 9%\\\" at this very moment, except to satisfy your own schadenfreude?
