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| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
What I mean is that you can't step out of your culture, so to speak, when you see facts about other peoples, so you can't help it. |
While you might not be able to “step out” of your culture, that’s not quite the same thing as assuming everyone in the entire world is the same as you and mis-judging contexts due to those assumptions. this issue is not an issue of race, but wilful American ignorance.
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Not being able to get them is not really much different from their inability to understand you. |
The difference is that I DO get them, because you know, I take an interest in things outside my own back yard. I know there’s an American stereotype involving nignogs and fried chicken. The point is that idiot yanks don’t seem to understand that other places do not have the same issues/contexts, yet proceed to judge those places anyway.
If this were another country, perhaps I would be more forgiving. But the fact that yanks can’t see/understand anything beyond their own nose is a well established American stereotype, and since they seem determined to perpetuate that stereotype I see no reason to give them the benefit of the doubt.
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
And having another advert would really straighten things out. It's a shame there isn't one  |
Why? We don’t give two shits about stupid Americans and whether they’re offended. It isn’t our job to educate them about other parts of the world (mission impossible anyway). Fuck em.
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