Am American. The only nuance they missed is that not every American has 100 AKs, but the ones that do have been screaming about ‘protecting us from tyranny’ for decades, then sided with the tyrants
Even Jan. 6, the shitshow that was, took a lot of planning and lead up to it. It didn’t spontaneously come up overnight. That was a childish person’s thought process of how to take over a government. The real work of trying to overthrow a government is longer and more methodical requiring so much pressure no the right points to make it collapse. All I’m seeing with these arguments really is they just want to see bloodshed which makes them no better than the generalizations they have of us.
Don’t overeact, the US ain’t France where half of the popular opinion is leftist, pro-strike and progressive and the other is outdated hateful conservatism. Instead, to most of the international population, the press corruption is very apparent since the popular opinion is very uniform and both of your politcal parties have times and times failed to recognize popular ideas and keep up the neo-liberalism, foreign interventionism and collaboration with lobbyists.
It’s not an attack on individual americans, it’s someone pointing out obvious systemic flaws that show in the way the citizens behave.
Yes and it is on the US citizens to correct the narrative. Being angry at international opinions that are gaining traction is (and I use this word seriously) stupid. I also wonder what chinese citizens have to say about western generalization of their social identity, or afghan social identity for that matter.
Except when it’s used to shutdown any and all discussion or criticisms. Generalizations don’t bring understanding, just division and outright hypocrisy.
Dude, the “they’re murderers and rapists” guy is president again. Begging for other countries to take a nuanced view of American politics when we elected such a generalizing, stereotyping blockhead multiple times to the highest office in the land – while simultaneously making that office more powerful – is a bit ridiculous.
No, it’s not. The reason is the same one we have such issues with conservatives and similar who generalize. It’s not constructive to have highly generalized views and try to change something. It’s a crutch to just ignore something which again, leads to the predicament we’re in. If a person shows a trend for doing that then they’re also going to be misinformed. Asking people to be better and understand others is NOT a huge ask.
Asking people to be better and understand others is NOT a huge ask.
Apparently it is, because we can’t get people to do this in our own country, and those who aren’t trying to “be best” and don’t “understand others” are elected to office over and over again.
Your take is like “not all men” but for Americans, and look man, I’m an American and I’m not offended by the characterization that we haven’t really done shit about this administration. We haven’t.
Don’t be an American. Don’t understand nuance in the country. Make broad, sweeping generalizations. Condemn all Americans.
Am American. The only nuance they missed is that not every American has 100 AKs, but the ones that do have been screaming about ‘protecting us from tyranny’ for decades, then sided with the tyrants
But the “nothing happens” thing is entirely wrong. Minneapolis is a great example.
As well not understanding those saying that the loudest are fine with this fascism.
Not regarding this issue specifically, if anything what happened in MN goes AGAINST the notion that people have guns for armed rebellion.
We’re talking about gun ownership for the purpose of violently overthrowing the government. That has not been demonstrated in MN.
Even Jan. 6, the shitshow that was, took a lot of planning and lead up to it. It didn’t spontaneously come up overnight. That was a childish person’s thought process of how to take over a government. The real work of trying to overthrow a government is longer and more methodical requiring so much pressure no the right points to make it collapse. All I’m seeing with these arguments really is they just want to see bloodshed which makes them no better than the generalizations they have of us.
Don’t overeact, the US ain’t France where half of the popular opinion is leftist, pro-strike and progressive and the other is outdated hateful conservatism. Instead, to most of the international population, the press corruption is very apparent since the popular opinion is very uniform and both of your politcal parties have times and times failed to recognize popular ideas and keep up the neo-liberalism, foreign interventionism and collaboration with lobbyists.
It’s not an attack on individual americans, it’s someone pointing out obvious systemic flaws that show in the way the citizens behave.
Except this is used over and over again to generalize all USA citizens unironically.
Yes and it is on the US citizens to correct the narrative. Being angry at international opinions that are gaining traction is (and I use this word seriously) stupid. I also wonder what chinese citizens have to say about western generalization of their social identity, or afghan social identity for that matter.
Except when it’s used to shutdown any and all discussion or criticisms. Generalizations don’t bring understanding, just division and outright hypocrisy.
Dude, the “they’re murderers and rapists” guy is president again. Begging for other countries to take a nuanced view of American politics when we elected such a generalizing, stereotyping blockhead multiple times to the highest office in the land – while simultaneously making that office more powerful – is a bit ridiculous.
No, it’s not. The reason is the same one we have such issues with conservatives and similar who generalize. It’s not constructive to have highly generalized views and try to change something. It’s a crutch to just ignore something which again, leads to the predicament we’re in. If a person shows a trend for doing that then they’re also going to be misinformed. Asking people to be better and understand others is NOT a huge ask.
Apparently it is, because we can’t get people to do this in our own country, and those who aren’t trying to “be best” and don’t “understand others” are elected to office over and over again.
Your take is like “not all men” but for Americans, and look man, I’m an American and I’m not offended by the characterization that we haven’t really done shit about this administration. We haven’t.