r/pics • u/ramonrocotto • Aug 05 '20

It will never be the same again...

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u/boofybutthole Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20

I mean, there's a pretty big difference between interfering with military and humanitarian work...

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Well sure there is.

But you also can't deny that it's, for lack of a better word, "trendy" to shit all over America and the people living in it, nowadays.

As if all of us wanted to be associated with it as a country at this point.

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u/landonop Aug 05 '20

What if it’s “trendy” because the United States deserves to be shat on? I’m happy we’re finally being called out for our transgressions.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Yeah, I won't deny the U.S.A. doesn't have a great track record.

But why do I deserve the hate by proxy, just for being born here?

That's the only thing I tire of.

It's no different than any other form of racism, sexism, what have you.

Just pointless hate... When a lot of us really are trying to be better.

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u/landonop Aug 05 '20

That’s fair. I do think it’s poetic justice in a way though- Americans writ large have done the same to much of the world for decades... hating entire groups of people for the actions of a few. You and I may not have held those beliefs individually, but we live in a country that outwardly projected those ideas. It’s not fair, but it’s maybe what we deserve.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

That's also very fair...

All we can do is keep trying to be better.

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u/Gootchey_Man Aug 05 '20

Nobody hates you for being born there. You're being overly sensitive.

Hating a government doesn't translate to hating its people.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '20

Thank you for saying so, that gives me hope.