"Wow, would you look at that, the orange man is the president of the US again, and suddenly, everything that's American is bad now. Suddenly, it's okay to be xenophobic towards the citizens of a country simply because their government is shit. Ya know, cuz every single American is the same, am I right?"
There are no words to describe how much I despise this logic that lots of people posses. And I'm not even American.
I simply don't understand why the government is seen as the main and only cultural face of a country by many people, when it should be simply an agency that moderates society. The biggest keyboard warriors on the internet that supposedly
fight against discrimination will say death threats to people because they live in a country with a malicious ruler. I just don't understand how the fuck the culture, language, nationality and ethnicity is tied to the current government. Just because it might abuse those things to manipulate society doesn't mean that those things are bad. Not every single citizen of a country supports said country's government.
Why the hell "xenophobia is bad, illogical and unjust" needs to be said out loud in 21th century, it should be general knowledge.
Humanity will never unite until we stop being fucking stupid. A lot of people who say that they don't like discrimination, when in reality they just don't want hate towards the groups they belong to. Think of a racist conservative on Twatter who says that he cares about well being of white people, when in reality he just hates minorites, or that one Reddit "communist" who does the same thing as the conservative but vice versa.
Trust me, I know how shit it feels when the world hates you without even knowing you and wishes you death for things you haven't done.
UnculturedMutt
Most social media are based in America, so I'm sure it's mainly Americans talking about how much their country sucks and that they're sorry for being born there. Either that, or Americans silently agreeing with non-Americans making fun of Americans voting for Trump.
But I do agree with the sentiment that too many people assume every citizen of a country is as bad as their government or 100% responsible for their ruler getting elected to do bad things.
I remember when Asmongold got under fire for saying Palestinians deserved to be bombed because of Sharia law hurting the LGBT(a lot of people may have even agreed with him if it weren't for the ongoing war)
DumbOctopus
One shouldn't be ashamed of their nationality, ethnicity or place of birth. Those things do not determinate what kind of person they are. Self hate in this case is just as bad.