So long as we're repeating history here, the French Revolution didn't really end well...ScoopMeister said:
That's "unamerican"
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The right wing in our country wraps itself around whatever they think will get it votes, regardless if they actually consistently believe it. They tout the Constitution but block equality under the law(gay marriage).
Calling political adversaries unamerican is the same as calling them unpatriotic. It also stems from the belief in every history class I've ever been in tells us: America is the best country on earth and anything that's not american is ultimately worse. So basically it's a bullshit insult like calling someone a socialist. It often falls flat but it induces a visceral reaction from the idiots, who make up a good sized voting block unfortunately.
Calling political adversaries unamerican is the same as calling them unpatriotic. It also stems from the belief in every history class I've ever been in tells us: America is the best country on earth and anything that's not american is ultimately worse. So basically it's a bullshit insult like calling someone a socialist. It often falls flat but it induces a visceral reaction from the idiots, who make up a good sized voting block unfortunately.
It's apparently "Un-Canadian" to not be a liberal. Shame we all lost faith with our liberal party. The cult of political correctness is, annoyingly, prevalent up here.
That too. Damn Yanks and their revolutionary ideas like no universal healthcare and no gun control. ;DKimarous said:
Good to know it's not just an American thing - I'd be even more frustrated than usual if we were the only ones jingoistic enough to use "un-nationality" as an insult.
It's really quite a horrifying phenomenon, calling anything disagreeable an affront to the United States...c'mon, what happened to that "freedom" this country was supposed to represent? It shouldn't get suspended when somebody starts doing something you don't like.
It's really quite a horrifying phenomenon, calling anything disagreeable an affront to the United States...c'mon, what happened to that "freedom" this country was supposed to represent? It shouldn't get suspended when somebody starts doing something you don't like.
I think that someone is trying to say that it goes against the grain of historical beliefs, morals and values, and as the States were formed and based on new laws and legislations, a new country needed new expressions that related to themselves
In England, one expression for unfairness is " that's not cricket" (as cricket was designed and perceived to bring fairness).
In England, one expression for unfairness is " that's not cricket" (as cricket was designed and perceived to bring fairness).
Yeah, but it didn't end well for anyone and if life is going to suck balls for the majority on the bottom, might as well suck balls for those at the top too.Innegativeion said:
Certain people (read: idiots) in my country refer to anything they don't like as "Un-Australian"
In australia they used to love calling things or people Unaustralian. I hated hearing that so much, lke we are better than people from other countries or something. You dont hear it much anymore thankfully.
The pokie barons recently released a bullshit add claiming the Bill that Xenophon was putting forth to pre-comit to pokie playing was un-Australian.Joccaren said:
Also Sam Kekovich can go to hell, I'll eat lamb whenever I feel like it, not when that retard tells me I have to.
All the tomes that have been written on the French revolution and Social theory can be put to rest, just like that. Not being sarcastic, this really does sum it very nicely.WouldYouKindly said:
Speaking as an American, I think "un-American" has a similar meaning to when most people use "common sense"; it doesn't have a set meaning, it just means "agree with me because I am right you stupid sack of shit". It kind of means "If you're not with us you're against us, and if you don't agree 100% with everything that comes out of my mouth, even if it's bigoted and racist, you're not with us."manythings said:
It's not really a phrase to be proud of, is what I'm saying.
Its generally something that just goes against the general views of your country to call something Un-(insert country Name) for example if politicians here and Canada were to say they wanted to dismantle the health care system they would be called Un-Canadian, but in the US if politicians called for universal healthcare it would be called Un-American because of the USA's dislike of handouts and romantization of the self made man/women.
Yep. Things got out of controll. People just lost their heads over it.Innegativeion said:
OT: My Canadian friend says things are "Un-Canadian", but only as a joke. To him, opposing seal clubbing is "Un-Canadian"
The only real times I hear about things being "un-Canadian" are when someone is talking about privatising health care. Seems to be the only issue that label gets attached to.
Every time someone says "THAT'S UN-CANADIAN", we all step back and figure out what the hell "Canadian" actually means.
Seriously, I don't know.
Seriously, I don't know.
Yes more like this, we don't tend to attach the un- prefix to our Country, since so much of our culture is a bit of a mesh of so many others throughout the centuries, so we can't really refer to it as being Un-English, since it doesn't make any bloody sense. We'd be hypocrites to even say it...Littlee300 said: