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19 June 2025

Stuff Americans say
Freedom indoctrination

Stuff Americans say

The Statue of Liberty with a large American flag billowing behind her

Forum/Reddit comment thread. knobtasticus (36m): "With your extensive travel experience, pray tell what would be so vomit-inducing about living in Europe?" xm855 (34m, red username): "Besides the shit climate? Probably the lack of freedoms, firearms, and Muslim immigrants for starters." ndrs_e (16m): "Oh, the lack of people like you makes up for that."

Photo of the back of a black Chevrolet Silverado truck with a large white rectangular bumper sticker reading: "Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you: JESUS CHRIST AND THE AMERICAN SOLDIER. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom." with decorative scrollwork

YouTube comment thread. Two comments with usernames redacted. First ("M" username redacted, 2 days ago): "In other countries you dont even get pulled over you just get shot instead. At least here you know when you gonna get shot." Second ("I" username redacted, 1 day ago): "Most other countries don't show you the courtesy of even asking you 'do you know why I pulled you over' Most countries you don't have rights to the degree of the US"

Facebook post on mobile (VZW Wi-Fi). UberFacts (@UberFacts, verified): "In France, it's illegal for restaurants to offer unlimited free refills of sugary drinks." Photo of colourful glass bottles of soda/juice on pink background. 2.1K reactions. Comment below (username scribbled out): "Soda taste so much better when it's served with some freedom" with two US flag emojis

YouTube comment thread on mobile with Polish-language interface ("Odpowiedzi", "Dodaj odpowiedz..."). Video thumbnail showing young man with headphones, text overlay: "Is there any free countries outside of America?" Three replies (username redacted, 1 rok temu/1 year ago): First: "New Zealand isn't free you can't get guns". Second (walker9677): "no". Third (moasked5797): "You are the best example for the excellent american highschool education" with laughing emoji

Facebook comment thread with Danish/Norwegian-language interface ("Synes godt om", "Svar"). Page: "I fucking love sciences opslag". Three comments with usernames redacted. First (3 t.): "I love how americans don't understand the concept of universal healthcare". Second (3 t.): "I love how non-Americans don't understand the concept of freedom and individual liberty." Third (3 t.): "you realize that most industrialized nations have freedoms and individual liberty, right??"

Reddit post from r/memes by u/bruggekiller (3h). Title: "Do it logical way people." Two comparison charts: Left "United States - Arbitrary Retarded Rollercoaster" showing bar chart with wildly varying unit conversions (12 Inches to a Foot, 3 Feet to a Yard, 1760 Yards to a Mile, 16 Ounces to a Pound) and date format month/day/year. Right "The Rest of the World - Logical Smooth Sailing" showing consistent metric conversions and date format day/month/year. Comment: ColtSon853 (1h, -6 votes): "You guys are just jealous that you can't talk bad about your government without getting prosecuted and how y'all's taxes are so high that you actually believe that you get free stuff like health Care" with laughing emoji

Reddit post on mobile. r/Showerthoughts by u/MedTreks (4d). Join button. Title: "People outside the US don't understand freedom because they never had it". Body: "[removed]". Vote, Share, Award: AutoModerator (4d) with repeated message: "DO NOT MESSAGE THE MODERATORS ABOUT ACCOUNT AGE OR KARMA MINIMUMS. Your account is either too new or has not garnered enough comment karma to post in r/Showerthoughts."

Twitter/X thread. Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders, verified): "Why does America pay 1,000% more for the exact same prescription drugs as the rest of the world? It might be for the same reason our top pharmaceutical CEOs make $50 million a year." Link preview: "Health care CEOs took home $2.6 billion in 2018 - Axios" with George Washington portrait. 20:59, 08 Feb 20. Reply (username scribbled out, 1d): "The great thing abt this country is that your NOT supposed to be forced to do anything. Dont buy if you like"

Twitter/X post. Anime "Is this a pigeon?" butterfly meme with labels "Americans" (person), "basic human rights" (butterfly), "is this communism?" 9:01 AM, Oct 19, 2021. Reply (username redacted, Oct 19): "Thats weird Im American and I have more rights than everyone else in the world" with laughing emojis

Reddit comment thread. Parkeerlichtje (6 days ago): "No, we do not envy that you live in America." Reply, Give Award, Share, Report, Save. rileyrulesu (-41 points, 6 days ago, edited): "So sad that you don't have perspective to see how much better we have it here. If only you lived in a country with freedom you would know..."

Twitter/X post on mobile with German-language interface ("Thema", "Deine Antwort twittern"). username redacted. "Countries with freedom:" followed by a long list of country flags (Austria, Denmark, Iceland, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, UK, Hungary, Spain, Turkey, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Malta, Sweden, Australia, France, Norway, Netherlands, Brazil) each showing "0". Canada showing "1/2". Mexico showing "0". US flag showing "1".

Wikipedia article screenshot. Title: "Freedom fries". Article, Talk tabs. Text: "Freedom fries was a politically motivated renaming for French fries in the United States. Although some restaurants around the nation followed the renaming, the term became unpopular, in part due to declining support for the Iraq War." Photo of a Congressional cafeteria menu showing "Grilled Cheese" and "Freedom Fries" with prices. Caption: "Menu from a Congressional cafeteria featuring freedom fries"

Two-part Twitter/X screenshot. Top: Question "Do Europeans still dream of moving to the U.S?" Reply: "I'd give up several fingers and an eye to be born in a country of opportunity like Norway, and not a backwards, uncivilized, economicly and mentally decayed wanna be empire standing in the shadow of fascism". Bottom: Reply in larger font: "Do you REALLY want Third world socialism, no guns, no cars, no food, no good military, no guns, no freedom of speech and facsism?"

Long vertical text post titled "About our humble boycott". Text: "In America, we don't use Celsius. We use Fahrenheit. Why? Uh, hell if I know. Because we aren't European. Because we are free. Because we actually work during the summer..." Continues with a satirical rant about Celsius energy drink having the wrong name, calling on Americans to cover it with a "Fahrenheit koozie". Signed "- Publius, 1776"

Reddit post from r/AskReddit by u/getfookenrekt (12h). Title: "What is a common thing in your country but rare in others?" SINGLE COMMENT THREAD. Frightnite20 (7m, highlighted): "FREEDOM!!!!" with Liberian flag emojis (not US flags). getfookenrekt OP (6m): "That's a flag of Liberia"

Social media comment thread with German-language time stamps ("Std" = hours). Two comments with usernames blacked out. First (12 Std): "In europe there is no unwalkalble cities. Every city is walkable". Second (3 Std, eye-roll emoji): "In Europe there's also restrictions on free speech, extremely high taxes, and a resounding lack of diversity. But hey we can walk everywhere!"

Reddit comment with Spanish/Portuguese-language interface ("Responder"). inckalt (4h, 1.3mil upvotes): "I'm French, I was chatting with an American women who was visiting (friend of a friend of a family member). At one point we start talking about the differences between our countries. She said 'The USA is the only country in the world with true freedom'. I thought she was joking but she was not. I told her 'what do you mean? We are also free in France'. She looked at me with a condescending smirk and said 'Really?' like to make me admit something. I just nodded and left."

Twitter/X post (username redacted). Text: "In the UK and Sweden people are not allowed to get angry and shout at stuff because of the Arabs sharia law. The homosexual libs like Biden want to take away our freedom to get angry and shout at stuff". 10:22 PM, Nov 18, 2020.

Facebook comment. User with (name partially visible as "...Mathews", 21h - like, laughing, heart): "We Americans enjoy a freedom of choice that most of the rest of the world dreams about. I don't recall any protestations when we simultaneously defeated tyranny on 3 continents. We believe that every fool has a right to their opinion, as long as it doesn't impinge upon our rights, so persist with the stereotyping if it makes you feel good, but remember that most of the world owes its freedom to US."

Photo of an airport terminal interior showing a "Freedom Lounge" with subtitle "A Courtesy Center for Military Service Members, Veterans." Large glass panels/doors decorated with American flag imagery and a silhouette of a saluting soldier. JetBlue counter/gate visible to the left. Fluorescent ceiling lights, polished floor. Part of the lounge name above "Freedom Lounge" is blacked out.

$Social media comment thread with Japanese-language interface. Post (username blacked out, 6 days ago) with #cars #Memes #Funny. Poll: "Yep we need smaller cars" 24% vs "Bigger the better" 76% (1,782 votes). Comments: First: "Just get a small car if you want a small car. Get a big one if you want a big one. Why get the government involved?" Second: "The average size of euro vehicles is directly proportional to their amount of freedom." Third: "Try picking up your 80\" led tv for the superbowl in that tiny car". Fourth (cut off): "We need smaller cars but not some..."$

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