Men In Gorilla Suits

While we talk about a wide variety of things on Men in Gorilla Suits, there's no denying that much of what we talk about comes from an American perspective. (At least what we consider American.) Some consider a group of men with guns holed up in a small Federal building they decided to occupy American. People from other places might view Americans as loud and fat; others may say we're friendly. Some might even say we invaded their land and made a big mess of things. America is a funny place. We can get away with things that would get us killed in some countries. At the same time, many think we're the only country with such freedoms...when that's far from the truth. This week, we talk about what it is to be American (whatever the hell being an American is). * * * We begin by talking about how far back we have to go to find non-American citizens in our families. After that, we jump to whether or not people from other countries assume we're Americans when they meet us (and why we think that is how we're viewed)