Reply #57: Well let me say I have nothing against Ex-Pats in general [View All]

[bryant69]

Choosing to leave because you can get a better job or a better life somewhere else, I'm all for that. I'd like to move to France myself (having spent some time there previously).

That said, I do draw a distinction between someone who says "I am leaving because i can get a better life somewhere else at least for a while" and someone who says "I am leaving because America is screwed and not salvagable." Those are two seperate reasons for leaving, and it is the second I have more of a problem with.

As for your negativity towards america that was in reference to your posts at Democratic Underground not to your life in general. I posted about your negativity, and you took that as a criticism of your life in general (and were quick to point out the protests you had attended and the work you had done). I'm not qualified to judge your life in general, but it seems like you do a lot of good things.

I am more qualified to judge your posts at Democratic Underground where your negativity makes me wonder why you do those things; the America you describe seems both unsavable and not worth saving. But, like I said in the last post, I could be missing all your more positive posts.