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let's move on to the next question go ahead hi my name is Jenny I'm a ahead hi my name is Jenny I'm a sophomore and this is for all three of

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sophomore and this is for all three of you can you say in one sentence or less you can you say in one sentence or less what um you know what I mean can you say

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what um you know what I mean can you say why America is the greatest country in why America is the greatest country in the

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the world diversity and opportunity Lewis uh world diversity and opportunity Lewis uh freedom and freedom so let's keep it

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freedom and freedom so let's keep it that that way way well the New York Jets no I'm going to hold you to an answer on that what makes America the

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answer on that what makes America the greatest country in the world well Lewis and Sharon said it diversity and opportunity and freedom

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diversity and opportunity and freedom and freedom I'm not letting you go back to the airport without answering the

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question well our constitution is a masterpiece James Madison was a genius masterpiece James Madison was a genius the Declaration of Independence is for

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the Declaration of Independence is for me the single greatest piece of American writing you don't look satisfied one's a set of laws and the

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satisfied one's a set of laws and the other's a declaration of war I want a other's a declaration of war I want a human moment from

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you what about the people why is not the greatest country in the world Professor greatest country in the world Professor that's my

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answer you're saying yes let's talk about fine Sharon the Nea yes let's talk about fine Sharon the Nea is a loser yeah it accounts for a penny

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is a loser yeah it accounts for a penny out of our paycheck but he gets to hit out of our paycheck but he gets to hit you with it anytime he wants it doesn't

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you with it anytime he wants it doesn't cost money it cost bolts it costs air cost money it cost bolts it costs air time and column inches you know why

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time and column inches you know why people don't like liberals cuz they lose people don't like liberals cuz they lose if Liberals are so [ __ ] smart out

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if Liberals are so [ __ ] smart out come they lose so goddamn always and

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come they lose so goddamn always and with a straight face you're going to with a straight face you're going to tell students that America is so Star

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tell students that America is so Star Spangled awesome that we're the only Spangled awesome that we're the only ones in the world who have freedom

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ones in the world who have freedom Canada has Freedom Japan has Freedom the Canada has Freedom Japan has Freedom the UK France Italy Germany Spain Australia

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UK France Italy Germany Spain Australia Belgium has Freedom so 207 sovereign Belgium has Freedom so 207 sovereign states in the world like 180 of them

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states in the world like 180 of them have freedom and yeah you uh Sorority have freedom and yeah you uh Sorority Girl just in case you accidentally

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Girl just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day some wander into a voting booth one day some things you should know and one of them

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things you should know and one of them is there is absolutely no evidence to is there is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the

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support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world we're greatest country in the world we're seventh in literacy 27th in math 22nd in

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seventh in literacy 27th in math 22nd in science 49th in life expectancy 178th in

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science 49th in life expectancy 178th in infant mortality third in median infant mortality third in median household income number four in labor

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household income number four in labor force and number four in exports we lead force and number four in exports we lead the world in only three categories

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the world in only three categories number of incarcerated citizens per number of incarcerated citizens per capita number of adults who believe

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capita number of adults who believe angels are real and defense spending angels are real and defense spending where we spend more than the next 26

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where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined 25 of whom are allies countries combined 25 of whom are allies now now none of this is the fault of a

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now now none of this is the fault of a 20-year-old college student but you 20-year-old college student but you nonetheless are without a doubt a member

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nonetheless are without a doubt a member of the worst period generation period of the worst period generation period ever period so when you ask what makes

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ever period so when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world I us the greatest country in the world I don't know what the [ __ ] you're talking

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don't know what the [ __ ] you're talking about yede sure used to be we stood up for what was

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be we stood up for what was right we fought for moral reasons we right we fought for moral reasons we passed laws struck down laws for moral

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passed laws struck down laws for moral reasons we waged Wars on poverty not reasons we waged Wars on poverty not poor

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poor people we sacrificed we cared about our people we sacrificed we cared about our neighbors we put our money where our

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neighbors we put our money where our mouths were and we never beat our chest mouths were and we never beat our chest we built great big things made ungodly

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we built great big things made ungodly technological advances explored the technological advances explored the universe cured disease and we cultivated

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universe cured disease and we cultivated the world's greatest artists and the the world's greatest artists and the world's greatest economy

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we reached for the Stars acted like men we aspired to intelligence we didn't belittle it it

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intelligence we didn't belittle it it didn't make us feel inferior we didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election

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who we voted for in the last election and we didn't we didn't scare so easy we were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were

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informed by great men men who were revered first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is

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problem is recognizing there is one America is not the greatest country one America is not the greatest country in the world

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anymore enough

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