Submitted 1 year ago by HungLikeAHoers2010@lemmy.ca to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
They elected Trump twice, aren’t doing enough to stop him, amongst other things. But of course they say “NoT aLl oF Us SuPpOrT ____” as if that would absorb them of any sort of guilt.
Irrational, but completely understandable.
If you’re directly affected, like perhaps a Ukrainian, then I don’t see how anyone could blame you.
Americans aren’t a homogenous group. In fact I would say we are probably one of the most diverse groups of people in the world. It’s kinda our strong suit.
To answer your question more directly: yes. It is irrational to hate and despise every American at this point.
The line of thinking you’re showing at the end there is very dangerous. I would advise that you take a step back and think about why it could be problematic to apply that sort of logic.
absorb them of any sort of guilt.
absolve*. And hating all Americans irrationally makes you just as bad as the Americans who voted for irrational hatred.
At least we spell “favour” and “neighbour” correctly.
Germany is voting soon. Will you hate all of them based on the results of that election? If you hate a group of people based on your belief that they’re all stupid, worthless, etc., you sound a lot like…
But most Americans ARE stupid, worthless, etc. If they weren’t they wouldn’t have elected Trump a second time and they wouldn’t be trying to sane-wash the insane things he says he wants to do.
roughly 32% of (eligible to vote) americans voted for trump
that’s hardly “most”
Not all of them do. What do you want? A validation of a wish to generalize over a huge geographical region?
I just want Americans to go extinct. They’re no different than N@Zs at this point. I don’t know when or how it’ll be accomplished with the current resources available, but if it isn’t they’ll drive the rest of humanity to extinction first.
Hmmm… Advocating for genocide huh? Sounds kind of nazi-ish to me.
So you want Germans to go extinct… because of nazi germany? Japanese people to go exinct because Imperial Japan? Russian people… because Putin? Chinese people… because of the CCP? Palestinians because Hamas?
🤨
Yes, because any American you meet is very unlikely to be a supporter of what’s going on. Most people’s votes don’t really seem to matter in the electoral college system, and our legislative branch hasn’t… Tried… In several decades. Which is to say, his majority vote came from a minority of the population.
That, and the minority that voted for him are so goddamn afraid of the world and everything in it that they don’t leave their communities for anything.
yes, it is irrational to generalize a group of people. I didn’t do anything
And you probably still won’t do anything if Trump invades Canada. Just as many Germans didn’t do anything as Jews were being persecuted and later murdered.
I’m game. What should we do?
I hate people that generalize.
All people who generalize are assholes!
I’m reading this as you looking to rationalize hate because you’re hating for the “right reasons.” But you should understand that the other side also thinks they’re hating for the right reasons, and that the hate itself is really the issue.
Nope. You’ve been my Lemmy hero since yesterday.
United Russian invasion of Ukraine. Likud genocide in Gaza. Republican invasion of Canada and Greenland. Fucking lol.
11 year old girls kills herself over deportation bullying. Kids die in schools. But the freedom wasn’t enough?
Thanks, I definitely appreciate it.
princess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
yes