One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its losers, and protects its weak.
Americans are good people, and at times we can be wise. But we're often under-informed by media, misinformed by our government and ill-served by both.
I believe that people are fundamentally are decent. And, yes, you will have people that sometimes will misbehave.
Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.
None of us are perfect, and we all make mistakes. But the American people are a very forgiving people.
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.
Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent.
When something really bad is going on in a culture, the average guy doesn't see it. He can't. He's average and is surrounded by and immersed in the cant and discourse of the status quo.
Americans, in general, are ignorant, bigoted, and deeply unhappy with their declining incomes.