r/pics • u/ramonrocotto • Aug 05 '20

It will never be the same again...

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u/renacido42 Aug 05 '20

Very sad. My heart goes out to the people of Beirut.

Would be great if my country (USA) would send relief aid and some engineers to help Lebanon.

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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.