Yesterday Patrick Gathara of Al Jazeera wrote about the presidential debate in the way the American press tends to describe the rest of the world. The televised face-off between the leading candidates for US president amplified widespread concerns over the state of democracy in the troubled North American nation.
Do I agree with all of the characterizations of the column? No. He gets over his skis a bit at times, detracting a bit from what it otherwise wonderfully biting satire. But he's also not wrong about most of it if you're being objective, and some of it is downright hilarious.
Always a good reminder that (a) the way we, as a country, think of the rest of the world is pretty ignorant and condescending most of the time; and (b) America is not exceptional, no matter how hard everyone here insists that it is.
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