> I'm in Korea and I've yet to meet someone who actually wants the US troops out. That's because voicing such opinions, particularly to foreign strangers, is s

> I'm in Korea and I've yet to meet someone who actually wants the US troops out. That's because voicing such opinions, particularly to foreign strangers, is so far outside the established Overton window that South Koreans have been jailed for voicing them while working in the wrong occupation [0]. Case in point: Just look at the history of the No Gun Ri massacre during the Korea war [1], to this day neither the US nor South Korean government have really fully acknowledged or taken responsibility for what happened there, and just like with similar massacres of that kind: For the longest time survivors were persecuted for speaking out about what happened [2]. Decades of that breeds a culture of silent compliance. There's also that whole politeness aspect: If you are a American, then no Japanese, Korean, or many Asian people in general will have small talk with you by opening a can of worms like "Your soldiers are/did occupying/bomb my country!", that would just be considered a very inappropriate thing to do. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Act_(South_Korea) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Act_(South_K... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Gun_Ri_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Gun_Ri_massacre [2] https://thediplomat.com/2014/08/south-koreas-own-history-problem/ https://thediplomat.com/2014/08/south-koreas-own-history-pro...