If I hear one more person hear negative news and declare "Only In America" or "America is turning into a third world nation" one more time, I am liable to hit them, spit on them, scream at them, or one of many other unpleasant things. I know there are a LOT of problems in the US. There is corruption, violence, discrimination etc. However it is in NO WAY even near the level that it is in many other places. Here are just a short collection of news stories I have read recently and some I remembered from a while back. This list took me less than 10 minutes to compile. It was too depressing to keep on with it for now. Remember these the next time you condescendingly get on your soapbox about the decline of the US. I am not saying you shouldn't work to right the wrongs here, but keep your rants in perspective.
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Uganda wants to make a law to kill gay people
Kenya - it is a tradition to give girls, as young as 6, beads in exchange for raping them
Cameroon - Breast Ironing is common, they take hot rocks and burn young girls chests to prevent breasts from growing, to "protect" them from pregnancy and HIV
Africa - In Africa an estimated 92 million girls from 10 years of age and above have undergone FGM.(Female Genital Mutilation) FGM is internationally recognized as a violation of the human rights of girls and women.
Congo - Shit goes wrong? Get Sick? Maize Grinder quits working? The damn kids must be witches. Some get killed, others abandoned
Tanzania - Old ladies are routinely hacked to death with machetes because people think they are witches, this is not uncommon in many African countries
South Africa, Since 94, 50k white people killed by blacks in South Africa, yet the world says nothing
South Africa - Rape seems to be the national pastime
Congo - 1000 rapes a DAY
