Right-wing talker Newt Gingrich’s words express a big part of the reason that so many people around the world dislike the United States of America.
Here are some of his words:
GINGRICH: Let me be clear. I am not a citizen of the world. I think the entire concept is intellectual nonsense and stunningly dangerous. There is no world sovereignty. There is no world system of law. There is in fact no circumstance under which I would like to be a citizen of North Korea, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Cuba, or Russia. I am a citizen — I am a citizen of the United States of America, and the rest of this speech is about the United States of America.
People view us, as Americans, as arrogant and self righteous. It’s almost understandable why our worldwide neighbors view us that way when you hear words like that from Gingrich, who acts as if being a citizen of the world is some kind of a dirty thing.
Good neighbors don’t look down on the people around them.
Media Matters:
http://mediamatters.org/research/200906090002
