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The thing that puzzles me most is the seemingly American tendency of aggression towards strangers. The same man in Europe might have thrown the same slurs, but
by manmal 10y ago
The thing that puzzles me most is the seemingly American tendency of aggression towards strangers. The same man in Europe might have thrown the same slurs, but just gotten drunk after that; or if he were so deranged, maybe killed himself. Maybe I misunderstand it, but there seems to be a tendency to let others pay for your bad feelings.
- aaron-lebo 10y agoThis is a stereotype that isn't racism only because it is nationalist in nature. I haven't had a personal altercation get violent since I was a child. I could find dozens of anecdotes of violence in Europe, but that wouldn't lead to any greater understanding...
- manmal 10y agoYou cannot deny that murders are way off the charts in the US. I also keep hearing anecdotes like "random guy stands on a highway bridge with a semi automatic rifle and shoots down at the oncoming cars, until one of the people on the highway snipes him down". Those are WAY rarer in other parts of the world. I get that you are offended, I think I could have gotten my wording better. I'm referring to the American culture somehow not suppressing such behavior enough, and I'm not saying people in the US are intrinsically worse than others.