Why do so many americans take every question personally and start defending themselves?Is truth too painful to

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them, so that they miss the point of the question entirely?
Is the problem that they are still reacting as they did in the days when their mommies and daddies tried to explain something to them, or were they just coddled in school?
For example, some of America's characteristics were discussed in a question, and the answer was "What racism, what pornograpy, what gun violence? Give me an example!"
I won't tell you what he called me for mentioning these items, but the point is that he didn't even come close to getting the point of the question, so the question was completely wasted
on him. Fortunately, I find that approximately one out of ten Americans understands the question, and it is a real pleasure to get his feedback. What catastrophe happened to the other nine when they should have been growing up and learning to understand the point of a question without retreating into insults and unnecessary self-defense?

Answer 1

lol i like ur question lolllllllllllll.
i think most americans waste their time in club,movies,sex,he hurt me she hurt me,tv. They waste their time and miss the point of life

Answer 2

I've answered enough questions on here to understand a few things. Many people take these questions seriously, many do not. When you talk to American's, you must understand that you are talking to people who live widely diverse lives. My personal experience in Missouri isn't going to be understood by someone in New York, if they even know my state exists. What's great about living in this country is that very fact, you get to pick and choose the enviorment you want to exist in.

Racism is a human condition, that fact has reared its ugly head in Darfur, Bosnia, Great Britian and France, and every place else in the world. Pornography is popular in Japan, Southeast Asia and Great Britain, as well as everyplace else. Gun violence, again a social problem in Great Britian, Germany, Japan, South Africa, and a way of life in the Middle East.

Of course America also has these conditions. My neighbors are Bosnian Muslins, Korean Prodestants and German Lutherns. The people across the street are a Vietnamese and a blond of Nordic descent. My family are Irish pagans. We all have jobs, go to good schools(both my daughters are college educated and in grad school), we own our own homes, go to the churchs we want(they are building a mosque across the street from the grocery store)own cars, usually more than two, and for alot of us the most violent thing in our day to day lives is the local cat on the hunt.

I'm not defensive about America, I don't have anythng to defend. My grandparents and parents taxes went to completely rebuild Europe after WW2 in the Marshal Plan. My family has worked for generations, and I have personally worked for over 35years to pay taxes to send to supply food, water, medical care and schools to almost every country in the world. I've never gotten your thank you, you are welcome to email.

Answer 3

I am also an American, but I can't answer this question any better than tjnstlouismo. She nailed it right on! GOOD JOB tjnstlouismo, and thank you for educating others about America!