• mechoman444@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    You do realize that multiple other genocides have happened since the American massacre of Native Americans?

    There isn’t a single country on this planet that doesn’t have black smears all over its history.

    And if a country’s history isn’t quite as bad as America’s, its people are just as shitty as they are everywhere else. Humans are terrible, vile, disgusting creatures that trample over everything they touch.

    It’s easy to blame America, and as much as I truly dislike our government and our current president, I still love my country, its people, and living here.

    Moreover, I couldn’t care less how much credibility I have in the comment section of a Lemmy post.

    If you think you can stand on your laurels because you’re not American, once again, you can quietly go fuck yourself.

    And the beautiful thing is, as an American, I get to say that to whoever the hell I want.

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      You do realize that multiple other genocides have happened since the American massacre of Native Americans?

      Yeah I do. Like the one in Palestine right now, which is supported by the US. Your tax money is used to kill innocent people, including thousands of children.

      There isn’t a single country on this planet that doesn’t have black smears all over its history.

      Can you support your claim? What are the black smears in the history of Greenland? Or Iceland? Other than US involvement or initiation, because the US did build a nuclear missile silo in the ice on Greenland.

      And if a country’s history isn’t quite as bad as America’s, its people are just as shitty as they are everywhere else. Humans are terrible, vile, disgusting creatures that trample over everything they touch.

      Again, can you support your claim? How much countries have you visited? Ever been to Cambodia or Philippines for example? The people there are extremily nice and totally not selfish and narcissistic.

      The way you grow up, the location, it’s culture, regulations, wealth, etc. have a large influence on how people become. When you grow up in a fascist state where education is optional, religion is central and politicians constantly spread fear, the chance of becoming an asshole yourself are significantly higher than when you grow up is a safe and healthy environment with proper education.

      I still love my country

      Why though, we just talked about dark smeres in the history of countries yet the US is still doing it, for 250 years already and doesn’t seem to stop any time soon. But let’s forget history for a moment. Let’s look at what the US is today: Slavery, corruption, war crimes, crimes against humanity, broken judicial system, corrupt voting system, extreme wealth inequality, insane amounts of suffering on so many levels for most of your fellow countrymen. Your president is a known criminal, child sex offender, and behaves like a toddler version of Hitler. Your country bombed 5 countries this year, that we know of. Kidnapped a president, caused a global oil crisis.

      Please, tell me, what is there to love?

      And the beautiful thing is, as an American, I get to say that to whoever the hell I want.

      Also at a cop? ICE agents? A mad neighbor with a gun? I mean, yeah, sure you can say it, but anyone all over the world can say it. It’s just that for some people there are more consequences than for others. And when it comes to freedom of press, the US isn’t doing great. At least far worse than my country. On the world press freedom ranking the US ranks number 57 in 2025, between Sierra Leone and Gambia.

      you can quietly go fuck yourself.

      Right back at ya man. I find your responses highly ignorant. How much do you actually know of the world, how much have you seen, really? I have traveled to most continents, been to war zones, to enriched oil states, to poor heavily underdeveloped countries, countries in isolation, seen the most horrific and most beautiful things, met amazing and awful people. How wide is your sphere of influence?

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        Doofis. I am fully aware of what my country is doing. I don’t like it, I want it to stop. I didn’t vote for Trump or anyone in his party.

        Rwandan Genocide — ~800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu killed Srebrenica Massacre — ~8,000 Bosniak men and boys killed Darfur Genocide — mass killings, displacement of millions Cambodian Genocide — ~1.7–2 million dead Uyghur Persecution — mass detention, forced labor, cultural suppression Syrian Civil War Atrocities — chemical attacks, civilian targeting Yazidi Genocide — killings, enslavement Tigray War Atrocities — mass killings, famine conditions Bosnian War Ethnic Cleansing — systematic expulsions and killings Second Congo War Atrocities — millions dead from violence and starvation.

        Other atrocities occur in other countries. This is not uniquely an American problem; it is a human one.

        The people of my country are not inherently bad. The politicians are, and so are many of the people who vote for them. Even then, those voters are often manipulated by the very politicians they support.

        All you are doing is fixating on how flawed we are. That criticism is not entirely wrong, we are flawed. However, there are individuals within our government, and within the population at large, who actively resist and attempt to correct those failures.

        Your position is not elevated, and your perspective is not as advanced as you believe. What you present is not insight, it is hostility, masked as moral superiority. It is pervasive, and I observe it frequently on Lemmy.

        Your capacity for hatred is no more justified than the actions you condemn. It differs only in form, not in substance.