What I hate the most about the leftist side of the fedi, especially the EU types is the extreme anti-American sentiment, and I'm not talking about hatred for America as a country or the American government. I'm talking about hatred for American people in general.

They just assume that just because we live here that we support all American policy. They think that we automatically support the Israeli invasion of Gaza (despite the fact that even most US republicans are less supportive of Israel) or whatever human-rights violation the US government is participating. Or if you are not indigenous, then they shit on you just for being born on stolen land.

>Oh but you voted these people in that means you are all for it

It should be obvious that voting doesn't work here anymore (or maybe it never did). And even if it did, that doesn't mean that we support everything the government does.

You can hate on America all you want, but please don't hate on the people.

@xianc78 many euros (leftists especially of course) can't even imagine the mindset. i think one really has to be born in the US to really fathom the spirit? i only can imagine it myself as well, it is different but hard to grasp. starts with free speech that never has arrived in many parts of europe. i think sweden has the biggest free speech tradition, after GB completely killed it off.

voting doesn't work over here as well and the people seem to like it that way. they long for being oppressed.

this turned out much more rambling than expected.

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@bonifartius @xianc78 I think another country that comes close to understanding the American spirit is Japan lol but it goes a little over the top xD there is a reason the saying "be the American that Japan thinks you are" exists xD

@beardalaxy @bonifartius Japan might as well be an unofficial vassal state of the US and they are dependent on us for resources, so it's not wonder they look at us positively. Though apparently, a lot of Japanese people are sick of the presence of US military bases over there because many US soldiers don't seem to behave well in Japanese hotels, restaurants, etc.

@xianc78 @bonifartius yeah a lot of tourists period are really shitty over there. I know a lot of places outright refuse to serve anyone who isn't Japanese.

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