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.
yes
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”
1/3 voted for Trump, yes, but another 1/3 voted for Harris but aren’t protesting and obstructing loudly and frequently enough, and the remaining 1/3 refused to vote. So equally complicit.
Not all of them do. What do you want? Rationalization of a wish to generalize over a huge geographical region?
I sympathize with you feeling that way, but of course it’s irrational.
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.
Americans are not a race or ethnicity. And they’re the N@Zs for electing Trump and doing nothing to prevent his plans to annex Canada. Stop with the persecution complex.
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?
🤨
Not at all, just Americans. They chose to elect Trump and are all passively letting him destroy democracy and the sovereignty of Canada.
This aint an America issue… this is a bootlicker culture across all societies issue.
Adult men and women who seek strong daddy to save them from xxxx and restore former glory of once proud people.
Why has each successive generation fallen for this trap?
Why did Socrates drink the hemlock?
“Not all societies”
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?
How about the Canadian treatment of their native population? Should everyone hate all Canadians?
I hate people that generalize.
All people who generalize are assholes!
Takes even bigger assholes to elect someone who generalizes as their leader and wannabe dictator. I mean we don’t refer to them as USA-holes without good reason!
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 Russia invasion of Ukraine. Likud genocide in Gaza. Republican invasion of Canada and Greenland. Fucking lol.
11 year old girl kills herself over deportation bullying. Kids die in schools. But the freedom wasn’t enough?
Thanks, I definitely appreciate it.
