How U.S. Americans View the World
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Michael L. Westmoreland-White, Ph.D. I live in Louisville, KY USA with my wife, Kate, and our two wonderful daughters. My wife, Kate, is a Baptist minister who works at a Catholic charity (the Society of St. Vincent de Paul) to provide assisted housing to homeless people. Our daughters are Molly (’95) and Miriam (’99). I am a former soldier converted to gospel nonviolence and a once (and future?) academic theologian turned peace activist, author, and peace educator. Contact me at mlw-w@insightbb.com
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It is Sarah Palin’s view for sure. That’s about all she could come up with. It is definitely the geography lesson for birthers, teabaggers, and many others of the Republican faith.
hahahaha, very nice
BTW, I though Canada was more “soviet canuckistan” than just “Inhabited”
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You made the pussy section too small, and I’m pretty sure there’s a bunch of evil doers where they’re making our stuff.
I remember in “The Last of the Mohicans” when the British officer commented about “making the worls England” and the look on Magwa’s face.
Does that term violate this blog’s rule #5 on family-friendly?
Ok, This is not my map. Yes, the term used of Europeans violates the family-friendly rule on this blog–I didn’t see it until after I posted it. Too late, now. To Stones Cry Out: No, this isn’t “What passes for argument on the left.” It’s humor. Satire. Which has its place as surely as does argument.
I saw this map and just fell out! And while it is extremely funny, politically incorrect and poorly drawn. 😉 It is very true and sad. What is protrayed as satire is actually how many Americans view the rest of the world.
Ralph and Georgianna,
Michael didn’t title the post or the map “How Palin and Supporters View the World” or “The World According to Palin and Supporters.”
In doing so, he allows all of US Americans a good laugh together.
But, leave it to you “dividers” to insult and insinuate in broad generalizations and stereotypes your fellow Americans like me who might support Palin or some Conservative, but are very much concerned for the rest of the World.
Perhaps you should do your own map of just America and label the South with funny terms that you actually are serious about.
Why do you want to “come back” on someone with derogatory verbiage directed at what so many (still livin in the 50’s & 60’s) call The South. Is this a geographical area separate from the rest of America(ie. What New Yorkers call China Town)? Why do we still refer to places in the U.S. as States. We all BASICALLY have the same laws and taxes in place. What are you whom call someone “dividers” trying to allude to? Kinda like some type of didactic hypocriticism.
This is such a true depiction of how Americans view other people from different parts of the world. It might seems funny or laughable but it is so true. As I was chatting with this random guy he asked where I am from since I had an accent. So I said from Africa, and he went “Ooooh you are the guys who live on top of trees with the Lions” How ignorant some of them are.