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America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.
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I’m afraid to engage in international tourism because the country I’m from, the United States, is a goddamn embarassment, and I’m would be apologizing everywhere I go, and silent otherwise.
The world does not hate those, who are awoken from the american ~~dream~~nightmare. You guys are just victims.
We really dislike all the brainrotten dimwits who still love all the shit your elite puppeteers do. And how they destroy the way of living, the internet and...gestures broadly at everything
I hold Canadian and American passports and we travel a fair bit. The last time I was treated poorly because someone thought I was American was when GW Bush was President. People are good at separating governments from individuals.
Just research carefully the country you go to. Some places hate tourists with a passion, some see them with curiosity. The country you come from is usually irrelevant (except if it's Israel)
We’re about to head out on a trip tomorrow and yeah, it’s kind of embarrassing. We always say we’re from California if asked, because that feels slightly less embarrassing, though the tech bros have now shown their true colors so it’s less effective than it used to be.
You could say you’re from Cascadia and hope they don’t have any follow up questions.
Ever since Trump I, I've just replaced "American" with "Cascadian" when referring to myself. Cascadia may not be perfect either, but we're a damn sight better than *gestures wildly*.
When I speak, I have vague hints of general commonwealth in my accent, cause I’ve always been lowkey ashamed of being here, except now it’s not so lowkey.
I've travelled out of the country a few times under Trump's rule. I bet clearly make my opinions if Trump known, and can usually find a common ground with the people in interacting with.
Like, wouldn't travel to the middle east and try to play that game, but most people are pretty reasonable and understanding, especially if you're in a touristy area where the economy is almost entirely based on you spending money.
Just try not to draw attention to yourself, be respectful, and talk shit about Trump and his band of ~~merry~~ racist cunts if needed.
I can’t even afford to leave the country on vacation so that eliminates that fear for most of us
Just pretend to be a canadian, thats what americans did when the US invaded Iraq(it was a very unpopular war for europeans). Honestly most people dont care.
Fuck that.
America has ruined its own reputation, they don't get to steal my country's reputation.
How 'bout instead you suck up what you've done to the world and face the music. Destroying another country's reputation with your cuntry's (sic) shitfuckery is ... well, very American.
If we're talking about actions that fucked up the world, pretty much all of western Europe should still be bearing that cross. On the other hand, we could just acknowledge it's probably pretty low IQ and bigoted to take out your impotent rage at a state on regular people who have very little if anything to do with it.
That said, it doesn't really matter that much, because as the other guy said, outside of the Internet most real people don't actually care that much. Probably because they managed to realize the above.
It's even lower-IQ to pretend to be another country's citizen so that you can fuck up their reputation as well.
All y'all fucking Yanks have been doing that in Europe since the '80s. It pissed me off then, and it pisses me off more now.
Nearly nobody actually does it, because nearly nobody cares.
"Y'all" lol.
I can confirm that I do not like engaging specifically with Americans. No problem with other tourists/visitors
That's understandable. A third of us are alright, but that's not a good number to risk odds on.
Not a third of who I've seen