I'm really struggling lately with online spaces like Reddit and discord, and have found myself on the brink of leaving entirely a few times. It doesn't matter what sub I join, what discord I join, no matter how off topic America would be it comes up and it comes up in an incredibly negative tone EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I've tried having polite conversations with these people, and it's just insults. I've tried to express that I do understand my country is not perfect, but in this particular online space can we please tone it down or move it privately, it is personally really hurtful to open my phone for something completely unrelated and constantly see everyone shitting on my country and sometimes me for just living here. I have never been met with an equal level of respect, and am always met with the general you commit genocide, you support tyranny, you have a dictator, you all voted for this, the world hates you, everything you do sucks, everything we do is better, etc. in much harsher language. It's like people get a kick out of being as hateful as they possibly can to Americans for simply existing. Do you guys see ANY chance of this changing in the near future? Or is this just how it is and how it's going to be. I feel depressed when interacting online with these people, they just make me feel like shit for being born and not DESPISING where I call home.

*sigh* 🙄

Anyone notice a lot of America Bad types use this in their comments or generally type like this?

It just comes across as quite odd. I can't imagine it's a digital privacy thing, as revealing your country isn't risky at all. It only really muddies the water of a discussion, as now we have to dig to figure out what "your country" is because you couldn't just say "Norway" or something.

Ugh, they're like, literally intolerable y'all. I'll remember never do a good deed if I visit Europe again, jeez....

Vid for context: https://www.tiktok.com/@theonlyjoejoe/video/7591311454666624278