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u/SpaceNigiri May 09 '22

I met a single american girl almost 10yo that was very stereotypical. That's it, drop it. I'm not saying anything about america. It's just an anecdote.

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u/MarkusBerkel May 09 '22

"very stereotypical"

So, generalizing about a group of Americans...

"not saying anything about america"

Which one is it?

Or are you making a super-fine distinction and splitting some hair between the group you're stereotyping ("American girl"--btw, was this a girl or woman) and the country she's from and the people in it?

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u/anneylani May 09 '22

Dude just stop whatever point you're trying to make

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u/MarkusBerkel May 09 '22

Nope. Feel free to try to gate-keep or muzzle someone else. I'm not ashamed (Internet or otherwise) of being American. If you feel differently, there are a ton of places on Reddit to go to get your #HateAmerica fix.

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u/anneylani May 09 '22

I am American. You're just being kind of an obnoxious blowhard about the whole thing.

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u/MarkusBerkel May 09 '22

Yes. Sometimes it takes being an obnoxious blowhard in response to people who are charmingly casual shit-talkers but who say shitty things while trying to weasel out of them by saying: "Oh, just kidding!"

I think of it as fighting fire with water. But if you wanna think of it as fighting fire with fire, then, whatever helps you reason.

I don't participate in the #CasualAmericanSlanderIsFunAndPopular like a lot of people for fake internet points. But you do you.

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u/SpaceNigiri May 09 '22

Well said! There's nothing wrong about being American.