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So, an alternative view point here. Fwiw I'm Iranian and I'm living in the US. I kinda agree with you that just dismissing it like that feels off-putting. Howe

So, an alternative view point here. Fwiw I'm Iranian and I'm living in the US. I kinda agree with you that just dismissing it like that feels off-putting. However, I actually want people (mainly westerners) to admit that they don't know how shit works there, and how, for example, Iranians deal with conflicts and grief. What I don't want is that they assume that the way Americans do it is the right way, and everyone else is wrong. Or that they really could have any reasonable opinion that isn't going to make the shit worse without REALLY taking the time to try to learn and talk about what's going on and how to not fuck it up even more because America and Europe keep fucking it up.

eyelidlessness 5y ago
I agree with this completely, for what it’s worth. The thing I objected to in the comment above was the ‘we/they just think differently and it’s not knowable’ attitude, which is dehumanizing as fuck. I would hope people are interested in learning why other people act and react the way they do, and understand that there are cultural and historical influences on that. And to the point of not assuming American reactions are right: we’re so screwed up we don’t even realize we’re still reacting to our own colonization even after being colonizers for centuries.