Posted on 06/25/2015 10:07:15 AM PDT by tcrlaf
To many, America is synonymous with freedom. The country dubbed itself the "land of the free" and, when trying to reclaim sliced and fried potatoes from the French, briefly attempted to rename "French fries" as "freedom fries."
Yet America's global reputation for personal freedom has taken a beating over the last couple of years. Data from Pew Global Research suggests a dramatic fall in the number of people around the world who say the U.S. government respects the freedom of its people.
The issue may be most stark in Germany. Back in 2013, a whopping 81 percent of Germans polled by Pew thought that the U.S. government respected personal freedom. Then, in 2014, it was 58 percent. Now, according to figures released by Pew this week, just 43 percent of Germans think the U.S. government respects the freedom of its citizens. Fifty-three percent think it doesn't.
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I would imagine this has the effect of disincentivizing those in these countries who might be thinking of immigrating to the US.
Germans have been there with Hitler, so they RECOGNIZE the SAME TAKEOVER of AMERICA that they experienced. WE who think ourselves protected from any takeover of our country are aiding and abetting the conquest of our once great country by the Communism of the NEW WORLD ORDER! Some love the takeover and others are too much of a coward to fight so go along to get along, regardless of the cost.
DON’T EXCUSE OBAMA. IT IS OBAMA WHO HAS SOLD US OUT TO THE TERRORISTS!
I look to Switzerland now as the land of the free.
AMERICA is NOW ONLY FOR:
the congress to rape financially
the business crony kickback crooks
big companies who buy and own congress
foreign politicians to buy favors
AMERICA IS A BULLSHIT CONCEPT THAT HAS DIED.......
faded away to oblivion due to greed and corruption
not even a shadow of what the founding fathers had in mind
a socialist joke headed for communism and becoming a big Greece
a libtard experiment based on fantasy and pipe dreams
TIME FOR A MAJOR RESET.......
And they would be right.
Germany, the land where homeschooling is illegal.
Had a fight last week with a granddaughter over Jenner. She said I was being “JUDGEMENTAL.” I told her I WAS being JUDGEMENTAL and that “judgemental” was knowing the difference between right and wrong. She backed up and reconsidered.The apologized.
I’m being to wonder myself.
They’re right.
See SCOTUS.
Don’t, because it isn’t.
The Germans are right, thank you president kenya and your Leftist enablers.
It doesn’t. But most people still are under the illusion that it is the land of the free.
I think it was Huey Long who, when asked if America could ever turn to fascism, said yes it could, but it would be called anti-fascism
No one is excusing Obama. It’s just that he couldn’t have done it without the willing help of the GOP. Besides it’s dangerous to put all the blame on one man when it’s not going to get better under the next GOP administration.
Germans appear to be smarter than Americans. That, or the smart Americans are keeping quiet and sitting on their ammo.
Das ist richtig
If you do not have freedom of speech i.e the right to tell the truth, what do you have?
How much coverage did the Ferguson business receive in Germany? Maybe the sharp recent drop in the Germans’ perception of American freedom came about because they thought that Michael Brown was wantonly deprived of his freedom, and his life, by a racist cop, and that this is typical of the US.
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