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Truman Capote !!cO9KVBDtkqQ Wed Oct 5 21:04:57 2011 No.2120921 [View]
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Sup /lit/

Can someone explain to me why Americans feel the need to exaggerate the emotional charge of cultural events into a petulant, hysterical display?

Is it because of their lack of an authoritative historical perspective or does this behaviour have its roots in the dark side of the pervasive capitalist forces within American society which encourage theatrical and ultimately manipulative behaviour?

here is a nice example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxmPuBOiPM&feature=player_embedded

>>	Truman Capote !!cO9KVBDtkqQ Fri Jul 29 18:48:27 2011 No.1969865 [View] File: 34 KB, 610x396, bin_ladin_blood_orgy.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] America's crass insecurities are an embarrassment to western civilisation.

>>	Truman Capote !!cO9KVBDtkqQ Tue Jul 26 18:33:13 2011 No.1961224 [View] File: 34 KB, 610x396, bin_ladin_blood_orgy.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] because you're american

>>	Truman Capote !!cO9KVBDtkqQ Wed May 18 13:59:17 2011 No.1782510 [View] File: 34 KB, 610x396, bin_ladin_blood_orgy.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Kafka Orwell Hitchens.

>>	Truman Capote !!cO9KVBDtkqQ Tue May 3 04:24:57 2011 No.1742680 [View] File: 34 KB, 610x396, bin_ladin_blood_orgy.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1742672 DATS RYT SON DEM TERRORISTS STOPPED BEING PEEPL WHEN DEY DID WTC ONLY GOVERNMENTS CAN KILL PEEPL YOO ESS AY YOO ESS AY YOO ESS AY

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