Been seeing a lot about how the government passes shitty laws, lot of mass shootings and expensive asf health care. I come from a developing nation and we were always told how America is great and whatnot. Are all states is America bad ?

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    11 months ago

    Imagine for a second that you speak Chinese. You find yourself on a Chinese forum and a Chinese person explains that China is the country against which other countries measure themselves and this is why they are always attacking or criticising China.

    You then ask this person if they speak anything other than Chinese, because you want to know if they’re basing that opinion only on Chinese media.

    But instead of answering the question, and perhaps acknowledging they live in a media bubble, they instead choose to repeatedly avoid answering it, then type out a very long and defensive rant with capital letters.

    What would you think of that person?

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      11 months ago

      What would you think of that person?

      I’d think they’re wrong. And I’d spend my time explaining why.

      But I wouldn’t take their opinion personally; I wouldn’t be upset by it; I wouldn’t feel compelled to question their intelligence, morals, ethics, or motives. I wouldn’t complain that they’re being unfair, chauvinistic, or sheltered.