Originally Posted by
JeffHCross
There's plenty of embarrassment on both sides of this, and the potshots taken from the rest of the country aren't helping. The Internet (and commentary in workplaces, and the media, and, and, and, and) is doing just fine at making Americans look like uncivilized jackasses.
EDIT: Sorry, Smooth. I don't mean to make this personal. But calling the place I call home an embarrassment, when the vast majority of the city has nothing to do with what's going on (except being bystanders, I suppose), was the proverbial straw.