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Fuck you, eurotrash. You don't think that many of us see WTF is going on here? We're headed towards civil war and keyboard warriors like yourself just want to talk trash. Well eat some shit.
America has been pissing all over the world for something along the lines of at least a century now. We've done at least as much damage as good (just look at our absurd levels of support for Israel as they gleefully openly commit genocide). It should not come as a shock that our comeuppance is being treated as overdue by the world at large.
It's just a shame those of us "woke" enough to understand this & who more than likely would have done things much differently have to suffer along with those that actually deserve it for supporting such crappy behavior.
I know this.
I'm way more educated about the fuckery of the U.S.A. on the world stage in the past 75 years than the average dumbfuck.
Still doesn't mean I'm not going to swing back if some asshole tries to call me out.
Well, then don't be surprised when your lack of appreciation for perspectives from other points of view ring too much like a MAGAt's to be easily discernable from such. It wasn't directed at you personally, but you choose to take it as such.
'the fuck? That wasn't directed at me?
Do you identify as a "red hat wearing backwater inbred"? If so, then my apologies - feel free to carry on.
When you criticize another country's aggressive actions, are you directing it at every random citizen of that country regardless of whether they support their government's actions? If you're as informed as you claim, then you know there are protests even in Israel against their government's genocidal actions. Look at the big picture, and understand generalizations are unlikely to be targeted at you personally if you don't fit the description of those they're referencing.
If I put all of the citizens in one basket? Yes, that's what I'm doing. If I specify a subset before I go off on some unhinged rant? No.
Do you always take the time to think out, and craft the wording of your comments to perfectly convey your intended meaning? It's already quite obvious that you don't. None of us do. We're humans, after all.
As such, some empathy and reading between the lines is required to have a constructive conversation rather than having things devolve into pointless bickering and finger-pointing. It's pretty obvious to me (and likely many others) that they were referring to a specific subset when they mentioned the red hats - I'm sure deep down you knew that, too. I get why you're angry - I'm angry about the direction this country has been taken over the past several decades, too - but take it out on those who deserve it instead.
Have some understanding for those on the outside who don't see the nuance of the differing factions inside the US, but instead just see "America's forcing their will upon someone again" - like those concerned with Trump's recent actions against Venezuela must feel right about now. Inside every country there are factions who disagree with their respective governments. Every time you disparage Israel, Russia, China, etc., do you bother to be precise in who you're criticizing - especially every time you make such comments? I highly doubt it, and if I'm right then your anger directed at someone else doing exactly the same is nothing but hypocritical.
ok fair enough. I calmed down in the meantime but damn if that didn't rankle me.
Thanks for your actual considered comment.
Glad to help. As the OP article apparently indicates, infighting over relatively inconsequential things serves no positive purpose. Let's help each other get to where we want to be instead.
Take care, and goodnight.
Only if the hat fits.
Fuck you and what your government has done to the world. Your country is and always will be a shithole of capitalistic exploitation. The world would be so much better off without the USA.
The US is a country of humans that only want to fuck each other over for the smallest scrap of anything. From billionaire to pauper, everyone is out for themselves. Like a toddler who wants all the toys and can't share.
Amazingly, your empire has lasted this long. But alas, the time has come when the sun will set on the US empire just like it did with the British Empire.
The only question left is how much damage the fall will cause the world. So far with the loss of soft power the US has damaged the world economy but it's still recoverable.
Only time will tell.
I'd buy that for a dollar. Just don't forget that we are people, and not all of us agree with what the government does.
Chickens >> home >> roost
What else should I do? Some people online think I need to rise up and overthrow my government which, although impossible, sounds like a romantic thing to do. But I'm still here, still voting and still out in the street when a protest gets called.
Learn about the tactics of the far-right.
Boycott anti-union companies.
Contact your elected officials and voice your opinions.
Stop shopping at companies that don’t care about or reflect your values.
Read and watch and listen to and support independent media that refuses to capitulate or bow to the new administration or its allies.
Find joy wherever you can and make joy whenever you can’t find it. They want us to be scared and miserable, so any chance or choice to be otherwise is truly a radical act.
More ideas here:
# 109 Ways To Fight Back Against What's Happening In The U.S. Right Now
The USA has been and still is the number one terrorist state in the world. Just ask any non-US citizen.
Their people are kept down through propaganda and debt, while the rich steal the riches of the world.
Life is cheap in the US unless you are rich.
In any other country, the US government would have been put in its place by its population but because the Americans are so uneducated and divided they can only fight each other.
Land of the free and home of the brave; should be the land of the kept down in perpetual servitude to billionaires and home of complete cowards who fight children and innocent people from four thousand miles away.
#1 terrorist state in the world is the USA full stop.