• Ilandar@lemmy.today
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    23 days ago

    As I said, this is not just about recent history. All adult Americans are culpable for letting their country get to this stage in the first place, not that you’d ever know that from the way they behave online. Still the same massive exceptionalism ego whenever they’re confronted with criticism based on reality. Still the same blame games, the same victim mentality. No accountability in sight.

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      23 days ago

      Yeah but with that extreme narrative we are all culprit by association with our ancestors. Like because I’m Belgian I am guilty of fucking over a whole continent ? Dude in Iran have it coming because at some point Persia was a bit into forcible borders expansion? And Germans… all of them are in the bag as well? That’s some extremely simplistic view on a very complex world.

      As much as the situation in the states is infuriating we must not generalise and antagonise the good guys over there. We kindof need them to keep steering the situation for a better turn.

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        23 days ago

        How very American of you to use some condescending, throwaway one-liner to exit the conversation and make yourself feel better, rather than respond thoughtfully or even just move on quietly. You may not have voted for your president, but your behaviour is very reminiscent of him. Keep telling yourselves you’re winners and belittling anyone who dares to suggest otherwise.

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          23 days ago

          And how very uneducated and frankly argumentative in the least impressive way, while saying so many things you feel are smart, yet actually don’t make any sense whatever. Yes I use an exit, because you are a wall of idiot and throwing myself against you is a losing battle, no matter what facts are, because these don’t matter to someone like you. I gave up on arguing with idiots like you years ago on Reddit. I’m not starting it here.

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            23 days ago

            Heavily implying you’re more educated than those who disagree with you is also right out of Trump’s playbook, by the way. As I said, this is a very broad cultural issue that you guys seem to lack an awareness of and desperately resist having your attention drawn to.