Legitimate point, that kind of applies to Lemmy here too. It’s not helpful to just dunk on Americans for being Americans. To beat fascism, we need to be allies.
Ah yes, one of those YouTube videos that’s just someone scolding the camera.
No legitimate point found, just seems like typical manufactured activist drama.
Did you even watch the video?
Yep. It’s nine minutes so I sat through it.
OP is mad someone was overly demanding on the internet. Instead of moving on she blames their nationality and makes a whole video about it.
Americans sometimes say “the ‘Resistance’ is a joke” too. People who aren’t Americans vaguely implying it might be, but they’re not sure, seems like a manufactured crisis.
That’s a gross mischaracterization of what she’s talking about.
She’s talking about the phenomenon (which I’ve also observed) that sometimes Canadians and Europeans shit on anti-Maga people online for being Americans. She explains that resistance in the US differs due to a bunch of reasons. She actually expresses appreciation for international allies who offer support and solidarity, and she highlights that such encouragement is crucial for anti-Maga activists in the US which is in contrast with braindead takes that Americans “deserve” Trump.
She points out that the things we hear outside the US are filtered by the US media and we’re not hearing about the many acts of everyday resistance (see also her follow up video). So she urges us to consider what actual allyship looks like: it involves asking what kinds of support on the ground anti-Maga activists need, rather than pooh-poohing them for not being …performative (the “do a little dance” framing). She also points out that fascism is a problem we ourselves also have, and she ends with calling for building solidarity and mutual support.
Her point is extremely important. Instead of shitting on 350 million people for having a shitty government, we should be building alliances and organizing trans-nationally. The fascists are doing it already, so sticking with just elbows-up alone isn’t going to cut it.
You don’t actually hear that the whole nation “deserves” Trump very much. Probably because people that agree with collective, ethnic punishment tend to kind of like Trump anyway.
The comments being responded to were unfair and unrealistic, but aren’t going to alienate anyone who’s not an American organiser specifically.
The cheeseburger-fatso-school shooting stuff is what will do that, and we should avoid it. But, it’s not mentioned.
rather than pooh-poohing them for not being …performative (the “do a little dance” framing).
Which is ironic, because it felt pretty performative. Sure, you took OOP in good faith, that’s why they were publicly called out. You’re so noble and reasonable. This definitely isn’t a trick I’ve seen used before. /s
Exhibit A from a couple of days ago, with 12 upvotes right here in /c/canada:
until they remove their leader every American should be treated as an enemy. Because if he isnt dead they are all compliant.
Ah, you were responding to something specific. I could talk about other mutually exclusive attitudes I see more often, but that would be missing the point.
Okay sure, fair enough. Those kinds of comments are awful, to whatever degree they happen, which is not never. We all know there’s the same ideology here in Canada, so if someone picks a place they don’t live to blame it on, it’s near certain they just like blaming outsiders for things in general.
OP also reminds me more than a little of other toxic political people I’ve known, though, and I’m suspicious of her as an authority on what builds good relationships, international or otherwise.
Ok but that’s one little person, doesn’t mean the entirety of the country feels that way. You are literally reverse painting us with the very same brush that you are accusing us of painting you with. Or something like that.
Look, it’s pretty straight up. MAGA most of us disagree with. Their screamy supporters, most of us disagree with. Everyone else, can just keep on keeping on.
Nah man, I’m not attempting to paint us as anything, I’m just trying to remind us that we can be a bit …touchy (can’t blame us of course) and we should be gentle to our natural allies down south.
