politically correct

first i'd like to start by saying that i think this is ridiculous that we spend so much time making comparisons of our cultures when (in my opinion), it is not healthy to do so because you are making judgements based on observation without necessarily appreciating the differences of the two societies. i feel like an offender! i come to this country and for 5 months i am required to pass judgements on it, make conclusions based purely on thought and reaction to my experiences, see things not as they are because i can never operate another way than american for it has been grafted into my convictions all that zeeland/holland michigan is. i have no voice but the voice that i've been given from my parents.
i tend to wish away my old convictions for new ones. for example, when i first arrived in the netherlands, i wanted more than anything to be dutch. i hated being american, i felt like i had to live up to a standard. i am an american, but i cannot tell you much about my country. i am not interested in my country. i am not interested in american politics. i am not interested in america. sure i can give you some information about my country based on my experience as a citizen and as a 20 year resident; however, my experience does not shed light on the american identity any more than any other man living within its boarders. i can name off thousands of stereotypes, which are often derived from observation and reality, but that does not constitute for the american identity...plus with all the subcultures surviving in america, what's there to say about america as a unified nation? i live in a dutch community, travel about 3 hours east and you will hit detroit, michigan, african american community, ghettos, etc. travel about 3 hours north and you got yourself a catholic community. travel down to indiana and you will find yourself some amish folk with yet another story/perspective on america, the beautiful. perhaps you'd have to interview the nation to make a conclusion on the american identity, likewise for the netherlands. whose to say that the netherlands can be sumarized and published on the front page of the dialy news. "the Dutch identity revealed"--what a hit news column, eh? we finally know what it means to be Dutch. well, again, isn't that being a bit metaphysical?
maybe it is a personality defect of mine--i always want to be politically correct.