Ticomaya wrote:Rebut away, nimh. I merely pointed out your propensity, and you are simply justifying it. But I wonder if you have ever seen an attempt to tout American generosity that you did not view as a slam on Europe and the rest of the world?
Yep, have.
If by "touting American generosity", you mean, like, "look what we've done, isn't it cool?", rather than "hah! look what we've done, it's clearly better than what anyone else ever did, because
their efforts were just pathetic" (see my excerpts from the article above).
It seems like you can't see the difference between the two, witnessing the 'injured innocent' role you claim when you find people reacting negatively to the latter - claiming that if they do so, it must just be due to their "propensity" to describe America negatively.
Not that I'm too big on "touting" one's own generosity, period. Witness
this post of mine, in which I showcased and expressed my distaste at the self-congratulatory "touting" of Dutch generosity by Dutch newspapers, which handily replaced the tsunami victims as subject of their story by the Dutch heroes. "Holland outdoes itself!".
One thing, though, I gotta give 'em, retroactively, in light of McGentrix's thread: the headline did not read "Holland outdoes all others!".
You probably won't see the point in that difference, either.
timberlandko wrote:Doesn't it sorta defeat the sense of altruism and generosity to brag about how good you are at 'em, and to rag on others for not doin' more? Seems to me giving and helping don't much go with partisan jingoism.
Amen.
