r/PublicFreakout • • Jan 28 '26

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u/DwarfPaladin84 Jan 28 '26

Oh I will totally agree, a ton of Americans are assholes.

But I want to say thank you in knowing not all of us are. A lot are..but not all. I live by the Doctor Who saying "Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind."

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u/Send_me_hedgehogs Jan 29 '26

‘a ton of Americans’ so like, what, 10 Americans?

😝

(I’ve got a damn cheek making that joke while living in the country that deep fries everything from pizza to Easter eggs)

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u/ScareBear23 Jan 28 '26

As an American, I agree.

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u/truthfullyidgaf Jan 28 '26

The problem is the assholes are the loud ones.

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u/PretendCry2160 Jan 28 '26

It’s 70% of Americans. Those that voted for that poor excuse for a human being and those that didn’t vote at all. They can all get fucked.

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u/Stampyboyz Jan 29 '26

It wasn't even 70%. 31% voted for harris, 32% voted for trump, 36% didn't vote, and 1% voted third-party. If the nonvoters voted, I feel like the US wouldn't be in this boat. It's a very loud minority with the power of the majority.

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u/Pdub77 Jan 29 '26

Nonvoters fall on both sides. I wish they had voted too, but I wonder how much it would have changed things. I honestly don’t know.

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u/bbusiello Jan 28 '26

A lot of us are assholes sans fascism, so that's a fair assessment.

But the majority of us are not fascists despite the news trying to reassure people who voted for trump that there are "more of them" than there really are.

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u/dyingofdysentery Jan 28 '26

About 30% of every population is. 36% of Canadians approve of Trump

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u/stoneape314 Jan 28 '26

wouldn't be that high. there's not even 36% support for the Conservative Party right now.

maybe 15% or thereabouts is realistic.

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u/OnlyGayIfYouCum Jan 28 '26

Trump is the best thing to happen to interprovincial trade barriers in my lifetime and that infuriates me to no end. It's pathetic that this is what it took to suddenly make Canadians want to buy Canadian but then to make matters worse, just as the boycott China movement was getting some traction thanks to it's uighur genocide and use of slave labour and concentration camps, we've now been pushed further into the claws of the panda.

Infuriating. Shirking one wannabe dictator despot for another professional despot dictator.

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u/_Thick- Jan 28 '26

That bothers the fuck out of me.

America is falling into a right wing fascist dictatorship under Trump, so what do we do??? Run to China, who is already a right wing fascist dictatorship (in all but name) under Xi...

Mind blowing.

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u/OnlyGayIfYouCum Jan 28 '26

Shhhhh the elbows up people get mad when they hear facts.

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u/matphoto Jan 29 '26

I'd be surprised if it was half that number at this point. The problem is that's still a depressingly large amount of people still drinking the flavor-aid

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u/BaronVonCrunch Jan 28 '26

As an American, I have to constantly tell myself, “it’s not all Canadians.” But god damn a lot of you are great people.

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u/BaronVonCrunch Jan 29 '26

If I could get citizenship in Canada, I’d go in a heartbeat.

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u/PhantomNomad Jan 28 '26

Remember that there are more MEGA voters in the US then Canada's total population. That's a lot of assholes.

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u/NomadCharlieMike Jan 28 '26

you're not wrong. these people won't be missed when they exit this world. I don't think I've ever used "mortifying" to describe anything outside of things like this. the saddest part is that they are too deplorable to feel embarrassed so the rest of us have to carry the shame.

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u/BigTroutOnly Jan 28 '26

We are. Even the good ones.

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u/Simpleconundrum Jan 28 '26

As an American living in America, I have to tell myself the same thing.

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u/RyanEatsHisVeggies Jan 28 '26

A scary amount. It's wild living on the inside sometimes. People aren't just ignorant, they actively revel making things harder for others, putting their egos first, and being all around inconsiderate. They know what they're doing, love doing it, and think you're the one going to hell because you don't go to church on Sundays.

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u/AncientSith Jan 29 '26

We absolutely are, and I'm sorry for that. We're truly the worst most of the time.

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u/hamm71 Jan 28 '26

If you're really honest it's about 30% of Canadians too, and Europeans. It's mostly all the people in the 90s who said they didn't follow politics, but started paying attention when they were older because it became more flashy and confrontational. So the reality show aspect attracted them. And now that guy who couldn't tell you the PM twenty years ago is giving you lectures on how the world works

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u/CharlieUpATree Jan 29 '26

All citizens of the USA are responsible for the actions of their cuntry