Debunking the top 5 American myths with facts and figures. Sort of. OK so this is all true but writing it up like this is like poking a pig with a stick. Yes you can do it, but why bother.

You really think a neo-con will read this list and go ‘Oh fk, I was wrong all these years.’ Nope. This is one for the choir.

I’ve cut the majority of this right down to the Myth statements so click the site below for the full text:

MYTH 1: The US was founded on Christian principles.
TRUTH:
This is incorrect.
The Constitution never once mentions a deity, because the Founding Fathers wanted to keep their new country “religion-neutral.” Our Founding Fathers were an eclectic collection of Atheists, Deists, Christians, Freemasons and Agnostics.

MYTH 2: US Conservatives tend to be patriotic, ethical Americans; liberals tend to hate America and are immoral.
TRUTH:
Liberals aren’t the traitors to America.

MYTH 3. The US has a liberal media.
TRUTH:
This is a paranoid Republican myth.
Reality check: the US media is a mix of liberal, centrist and conservative voices. Also, the US media is largely owned by 10 corporations who frequently push pro-conservative agendas to the American public.

MYTH 4. The US doesn’t need improvement compared to other countries; it is the greatest country in the world.
TRUTH:
Wrong again. I’ll only cite the statistics here.

MYTH 5: The US government loves to help other countries.
TRUTH:
This is a myth. The US government tends to be motivated by interests, not humanitarian principles.

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