12-14-2014, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
But do you believe in Canadian Exceptionalism? How about Chinese Exceptionalism? Texan Exceptionalism? And what about the all-important Vatican Exceptionalism?
What the fuck does exceptionalism even mean? It's either tautological (apples are special! they're not oranges! And oranges are special, too, they're not apples!) or xenophobic (apples are special! they're not icky oranges! Oranges, well, they're not special at all.), isn't it?
People throw around this term like it's the password to Aladdin's cave or something. Yet it seems to get used in endlessly stupid or meaningless ways. Come on, guys, we're better than that, aren't we?
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