But pretending it's just boorish uncultured Americans who do
things as despicable as celebrating someone's death is stupid.
There, I said it. Stupid.
Well this is the stereotype of Americans over here (overly patriotic, right wing, gun toting redneck), and some people like to use it for an instant feeling of superiority. As if there's no such thing as racism/jingoism/xenophobia in this country. WTF? (Okay, maybe it's less overt and melodramatic, at least right now. But it festers under the surface and that can be even worse. We've got absolutely no excuse to feel superior.)
The thing is, some people will bitch about the UK in one breath, but as soon as the conversation turns to bashing America they'll get all patriotic and start acting as if we're some kind of sparkling utopian fairyland. (There was a LOT of this over the healthcare debate.)
Sorry for being a bit O/T, but obviously I can't completely understand how this feels from your perspective xx
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things as despicable as celebrating someone's death is stupid.
There, I said it. Stupid.
Well this is the stereotype of Americans over here (overly patriotic, right wing, gun toting redneck), and some people like to use it for an instant feeling of superiority. As if there's no such thing as racism/jingoism/xenophobia in this country. WTF? (Okay, maybe it's less overt and melodramatic, at least right now. But it festers under the surface and that can be even worse. We've got absolutely no excuse to feel superior.)
The thing is, some people will bitch about the UK in one breath, but as soon as the conversation turns to bashing America they'll get all patriotic and start acting as if we're some kind of sparkling utopian fairyland. (There was a LOT of this over the healthcare debate.)
Sorry for being a bit O/T, but obviously I can't completely understand how this feels from your perspective xx